HOY

barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter

(noun) a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Interjection

hoy

Ho!, hallo!, stop!

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying, simple past and past participle hoyed)

(transitive) To incite; to drive onward.

Etymology 3

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoyin or hoying, simple past and past participle hoyed)

(northern British dialect, AU) To throw.

Anagrams

• hyo-

Etymology

Proper noun

Hoy (countable and uncountable, plural Hoys)

A surname.

An island in south-west Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid refs HY20, ND29).

A small uninhabited island in Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU3744).

An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hoy is the 3855^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9196 individuals. Hoy is most common among White (85.3%) individuals.

Anagrams

• hyo-

Noun

HOY (plural HOYs)

(education) Initialism of head of year.

Anagrams

• hyo-

Source: Wiktionary

Hoy, n. Etym: [D. heu, or Flem. hui.] (Naut.)

Definition: 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. The hoy went to London every week. Cowper.

Hoy, interj. Etym: [D. hui. Cf. Ahoy.]

Definition: Ho! Halloe! Stop!

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition