hoy
hoy interjection, verb, & noun. [hɔɪ]
hoy noun. [hɔɪ]
اهای، هی (هنگام راندن حیوانات)، کرجی
hoy interjection, verb, & noun2.
[hɔɪ] LME.[Natural exclam. Cf. AHOY, OY interjection1, noun2, & verb.]A. interjection. Attracting attention, driving animals;
Nautical hailing or calling aloft.
LME.b. verb trans. Urge on, summon, with a cry or cries of 'hoy!'
M16.■ J. Fowles He saw a man hoying a herd of cows away from a low byre.C. noun. A cry of 'hoy!'
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hoy noun1.
[hɔɪ] ME.[Middle Dutch hoei var. of hoede, heude (mod. heu), of unkn. origin.]Hist. A small sailing vessel, usu. rigged as a sloop, for carrying passengers and goods, esp. for short coastal journeys.
Comb.:
hoyman a man in charge of a hoy.
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