hoy

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  1. noun A small sloop-rigged coasting ship.
  2. noun A heavy barge used for freight.
  3. interjection Used to attract attention.

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  • When the “hoy,” who was sent by Wilson with me, returned and repeated to him my words, vengeance was sworn against me, and the hounds were turned loose for immediate chase. —  Biography of a Slave
  • It's old Hobble-dee-hoy, he announced and his friends came back and stood on each side of him. —  When the Lion Feeds
  • "Hoy, hoy, " Simna interrupted, -enough! —  Into the Thinking Kingdoms
  • And japoys and a hoy, and action! —  CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2010
  • “Ya-hoy!” outside of the inclosure. —  Wild Western Scenes
 

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  1. Middle English hoie, from Middle Dutch hoey, hoede.

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  1. = French heu, from Flemish hui, Dutch heu, heude, a hoy, a lighter; origin uncertain.
  2. from Dutch hui, come! up! well! = Danish hoi, hoy! ahoy! an aspirated syllable of exclamation, like ho, ha, etc.: cf. ahoy.
  3. from hoy, interj. Cf. Icelandic hōa, shout ‘ho’ or ‘hoy,’ of a shepherd, with dative, call to the sheep, gather them, from hō, interjection, ho!
 

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