hoy
IPA: hˈɔɪ
noun
- (nautical) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
- A surname.
- An island in south-west Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid refs HY20, ND29).
- A small uninhabited island in the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU3744).
- An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.
- (education) Initialism of head of year.
verb
- (transitive) To incite; to drive onward.
- (Northumbria, Australia) To throw.
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Examples of "hoy" in Sentences
- Hoy is a farmer in the Merlin area.
- The vessel in the left foreground is a hoy.
- As a class of vessel, it was represented in England by the hoy.
- Beverly Van Hoy is the principal in charge of the kindergarten.
- There was no benefit for Hoy in that mistake by the ground jury.
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