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hoy.

A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.

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Meaning & usage

noun/hɔɪ/
  1. A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Heu or Dutch gooi.

intj/hɔɪ/
  1. Hey! ho!, hallo!, stop!

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch hoi, compare ahoy.

verb/hɔɪ/
  1. To incite; to drive onward.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch hoi, compare ahoy.

verb/hɔɪ/
  1. To throw.

    Australia · Northumbria
Where this word comes from

Perhaps related to hoick and hoist.

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