to hoick

Examples

• All

• You should have seen who was hanging over the garden wall while I hoicked the Cosmos.

  Fiction book (1999)

• "Hoick it!" God had hoicked him, and he'd better get over the wilt and get busy putting down roots.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I said, "If you're sick..." cause she looked like she was gonna hoick... ...on that new carpet, "I'll rub your bloody nose in it."

  The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999)

• She finds a young fella, lives on his own, no family, hoicks him in with us, gives him his tea.

  Vera Drake (2004)

• Hoick those blasted cosmos by the downspout.

  Fiction book (1999)

• They could leap 20 or more feet from the bank, and they'd developed the charming habit of doing so and hoicking fishermen out of their boats and eating them.

  Ocean to Sky (2019)

• He hoicked the heavy box onto the shelf with a quick motion.

• The coach shouted, "Hoick the ball into the air!" during practice.

• With a strong grip, she hoicked the fishing net out of the water.

Synonyms

P

to pop

vsto hoick

492 2.0

To make something open or appear quickly

is stronger and more forceful, implying sudden lift or pull

J

to jerk

vsto hoick

217 2.0

To move something suddenly and sharply

is more about lifting or pulling quickly rather than only sharp motion

Y

to yank

vsto hoick

196 4.1

To pull something suddenly and hard

also applies to quick lifts as well as sudden pulls

H

to heave up

vsto hoick

• Informal

3 4.5

To lift something heavy with a lot of effort

is quicker and more abrupt, not mainly sustained effortful lifting

Antonyms

D

to drop

∞ 1.0

To let something fall suddenly or by accident

L

to lower

802 1.0

Make something go down in position, amount, or strength

How Forceful

to yank

196 4.1

to hoick

• UK

1 9.4

to tug

56 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology