English Dictionary

hoik

/hɔɪk/

verb

(cricket) To play such a shot. / (informal, transitive) To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist. / (informal, transitive) To throw something out. / (New Zealand) To spit.

He hoiked the ball over the boundary for a six.

意味（1）

(cricket) To play such a shot.

意味（2）

(informal, transitive) To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist.

意味（3）

(informal, transitive) To throw something out.

“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.”

意味（4）

(New Zealand) To spit.