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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A small vessel, usually sloop-rigged, employed in conveying passengers and goods from port to port on the coast, or in doing heavy work in a road or bay, such as carrying provisions, weighing anchors, etc.
  2. Ho! hello! an exclamation used to call attention. Also hoigh.
  3. To incite; chase or drive on or away.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
  2. interj. ho!, hallo!, stop!
  3. v. Geordie To throw.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Naut.) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
  2. interj. Ho! Halloe! Stop!

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

Etymologies

  1. From Dutch hui, compare ahoy. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English hoie, from Middle Dutch hoey, hoede. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “But, a simple, "Por favor, plancha esta ropa hoy" is clear and courteous, too.”

    favors, requests and ORDERS

  • “Most people come here for the Crispy Pork & Basil Rice and Thai Boat noodles, but Ord prides itself most on these noodles called hoy khaa.”

    Ord Noodles and Thaitown Noodles, Hollywood - Mini Bowls of Joy

  • “Served in a bamboo boat, this Thai-style omelette, called "hoy tod," is drizzled with a sweet-and-sour sauce.”

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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 Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson

  • “When I ordered, the man replied, "Disculpe, no tenemos dorado hoy.”

    Taco vs. Taquito

  • ““En cumplimiento a las disposiciones electorales Mexicanas, este canal permanecera bloqueado hasta las 8 de la noche del dia de hoy.””

    Election day

  • “Now if I say to you pienso que hoy el cielo está muy azul, then you have to go through a series of translations not only for the word, but also the phrase, and verb rules, then your mind has to recall it's pictures during and after the translation.”

    Developing An Ear for Spanish

  • “- Cientos de haitianos se aglomeraron hoy en el portón que separa a su país de la República Dominicana en la provincia de Dajabón, intentado cruzar a este territorio, temerosos y confusos por el terremoto que afectó ayer a esa nación y que según cifras provocó cientos de miles de muertos.”

    Think Progress » Fox News: Guantanamo Bay may open its doors to Haitian refugees.

  • “I have been told that using it allows you to avoid the "hoy no circulo" problem but it looks like you access the tollway at the Tula exit off of Highway 57 which means you would have entered the state of Mexico before reaching the tollway and jumping over into Hidalgo state.”

    Arco Norte

  • “Dado que los metros no abundan hoy en día, ya no se puede tener objetos decorativos que no sirvan para nada.”

    Relax Lounge Chair by Kamil Kurka

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  1. boat

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  1. dredger
  1. pontoon
  1. houseboat
  1. scow
  1. norfolk wherry
  1. wherry

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. unos
  2. entra
  3. sentia
  4. usted
  1. temer
  2. =un
  3. desto
  4. cerrada
  1. lleva
  2. verano
  3. podran
  4. salir
  1. nonaqueous
  2. debo
  3. sobrino
  4. embarkation
  1. podria
  2. rana
  3. tomando
  4. pieza
  1. ascensor
  2. imposible

rhymes (35)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Elroy
  2. Floy
  3. Goy
  4. Illinois
  5. Joy
  6. Oi
  7. Roy
  1. Savoy
  2. Troy
  3. ahoy
  4. annoy
  5. boy
  6. cloy
  7. coy
  1. decoy
  2. deploy
  3. destroy
  4. employ
  5. enjoy
  6. foy
  7. goy
  1. hoi
  2. joy
  3. loy
  4. neu
  5. oi
  6. oy
  7. oye
  1. ploy
  2. redeploy
  3. roi
  4. roy
  5. soy
  6. toy
  7. troy

reverse dictionary (3)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. chain-boat
  1. hoigh
  1. hoyman

tags (3)

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  1. nautical
  1. ship
  1. maritime

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  • Noelle Knight "Off and on I lived on the coast of America, down close to New Orleans, where we'd take small cargo ships and the like. I sailed aboard a small hoy, so we couldn't take on too large or well defended a ship..."-Dead as a Doornail, by Charlaine Harris May 18, 2011

  • qroqqa      Can you trace shuttles thrown
    like drops from a fountain
    . . .
    shuttles like random dust desert whirlwinds hoy at their tormenting sun?
    —Basil Bunting, Briggflatts

    In the endnotes Bunting glosses this "toss, hurl". Immediately before these lines comes the word 'skerry', which he glosses "O, come on, you know that one." Mar 8, 2009

  • mollusque Only in La Jolla.
    Sep 22, 2008

  • bilby Did sailors shout out things like, 'A hoy ahoy!'? Sep 22, 2008

  • chained_bear "About noon, a hoy, intently watched by the few other fore-and-aft rigged vessels in the Downs, got under way."
    --P. O'Brian, The Commodore, 130 Mar 17, 2008

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