Oik vs Hoik - What's the difference?
oik | hoik |
(slang, British) a member of the lower classes.
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To play such a shot.
To lift something up wildly.
To throw something out.
* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter VIII
, passage=“What are your plans now?” “I propose to hoik you out of that chair and seat myself in it and take that book, the early chapters of which I found most gripping, and start catching up with my reading and try to forget.”}}
(NZ) to spit.
As nouns the difference between oik and hoik
is that oik is (slang|british) a member of the lower classes while hoik is (cricket) a wild hook shot played without style.As a verb hoik is
to play such a shot.oik
English
Noun
(en noun)- The other three were gifted metal oiks , but Cliff was a musician, schooled in theory, transmitting from a private universe of inspiration and expertise.