Definitions for hoys

hoys hoy

Spelling: [hoi]
IPA: /hɔɪ/

Hoys is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in hoys (hosy).

Definitions for hoys

noun

  1. a heavy barge used in harbors.
  2. a vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually slooprigged, used for fishing and coastal trading.
  3. a shout or hail.

interjection

  1. (used as an exclamation to attract attention.)

Origin of hoys

First recorded in 1485-95, hoy is from the Middle Dutch word hoey

Examples for hoys

I asked the seaman if he knew where the hoy Vrijster of Helvoetsluys lay.

Mr. Taylor replied that Mr. hoy was dead, that he was his father-in-law.

hoy Ping Pong's article on how to write scientifiction is most amusing.

Gloria thinks the fact that hoy and his crew have signed onto the recall effort is significant.

"I have been in one or two, and I like them," said the old elephant, whose name was hoy.

Later in the afternoon, Col. hoy was sent with one hundred men in the same road.

This time, with the hoy, her hands were closed and his were open.

He cried "hoy" many times for us to wait for him, but we tarried not.

Then Tum Tum and hoy were stood in a line with some other big elephants.

hoy, one of the celebrated Orkney group of islands, is for sale.

Word Value for hoys
Scrable

9

Words with friends

7

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