Definition/Meaning of hoy

• English - Noun: hoy (plural hoys) A small coaster vessel , usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods , or as a tender to larger vessels in port . 1590 May 31, George Carew, letter to William Cecil Per packet per Hoy. 1779 July, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin The hoy went to London every week.
• English - Interjection: hoy Hey ! ho !, hallo !, stop !
• English - Verb: hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying, simple past and past participle hoyed) (transitive) To incite ; to drive onward . hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying or hoyin, simple past and past participle hoyed) (Australia, Northumbria) To throw . 1970 June 28, traditional, “The Blackleg Miner” (track 4), in Hark! The Village…
• English - References: hoy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913 Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases , George Todd , Newcastle , 1977[1] The New Geordie Dictionary , Frank Graham , 1987, ISBN 0946928118 Newcastle 1970s , Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin , [2] Northumberland Words , English Dialect Society , R . Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[3] A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. Borrowed from German Heu or Dutch gooi . Etymology 2. Borrowed from Dutch hoi , compare ahoy . Etymology 3. Perhaps related to hoick and hoist .