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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 3855th 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
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