Definitions for hoy
hɔɪhoy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. barge, flatboat, hoy, lighternoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. hoyverb

   To throw.

2. Etymology: From hui, compare ahoy.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoynoun

   A large boat sometimes with one deck.

   Etymology: hou, old French.

   He sent to Germany, strange aid to rear;
   From whence eftsoons arrived here three hoys
   Of Saxons, whom he for his safety employs. Fairy Queen.

   To define a barge and hoy, which are between a boat and a ship, is hard. Isaac Watts, Logick.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoy

   Hoy No Quiero (English: "Today I Don't Want") is the third single from the singer rocker Mexican Julieta Venegas in her studio album Bueninvento. The song is nominated for Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.

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1. Hoy

   Hoy is a Scottish word that refers to a small hill or mound, typically found in the landscape of Scotland.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Hoynoun

   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. Hoy

   ho! Halloe! Stop!

3. Etymology: [D. hui. Cf. Ahoy.]

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1. Hoy

   Hoy is an island in Orkney, Scotland. With an area of 143 square kilometres it is the second largest in the archipelago after the Mainland. It is connected by a causeway called The Ayre to South Walls. Unusually, the two islands are treated as one entity by the UK census.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoy

   hoi, n. a large one-decked boat, commonly rigged as a sloop. [Dut. heu, Flem. hui.]

2. Hoy

   hoi, interj. ho! stop!—v.t. to incite, drive on. [Imit.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoy

   a steep, rocky islet in the Orkney group, about 1 m. SW. of Mainland or Pomona, remarkable for its huge cliffs.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hoy

   A call to a man. Also, a small vessel, usually rigged as a sloop, and employed in carrying passengers and goods, particularly in short distances on the sea-coast; it acquired its name from stopping when called to from the shore, to take up goods or passengers. In Holland the hoy has two masts, in England but one, where the main-sail is sometimes extended by a boom, and sometimes without it. In the naval service there are gun-hoy, powder-hoy, provision-hoy, anchor-hoy, all rigged sloop-fashion.

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1. HOY

   What does HOY stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HOY acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HOY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hoy is ranked #3855 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hoy surname appeared 9,196 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Hoy.
   
   85.3% or 7,844 total occurrences were White.
   4.8% or 447 total occurrences were Black.
   4.6% or 429 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.2% or 299 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 148 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.3% or 29 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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How to pronounce hoy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say hoy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hoy in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hoy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hoy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hoy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hoy
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoy
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoy
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hoy
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hoy
9. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Hoy
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=hoy
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html