hoik
/hɔɪk/noun, verb
hoik is spelled H-O-I-K: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hoik means “A wild hook shot played without style” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hoik is hoiks.
How many letters and syllables are in hoik?
| Letters | 4: H-O-I-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 66 million words; the 255,765th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hoik?
Hoik appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hoik?
- /hɔɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hoik.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hoik
- hoiks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hoick
- hoiking participle, present
- hoiked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hoik mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wild hook shot played without style.
- 2
Sputum.
- 3
A contraption that allows rapid teleportation in Terraria, making use of a glitch involving sloped blocks.
verb
- 1
To play such a shot.
- 2
informalTo lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist.
- 3
informalTo throw something out.
- 4
To spit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hoik come from?
Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).