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hoy(1) (iou)



hoy interjection, verb, & noun2. LME.
[Natural exclam. Cf. AHOY, OY interjection1, noun2, & verb.]
A. interjection. Attracting attention, driving animals; Nautical hailing or calling aloft. LME.
b. verb trans. Urge on, summon, with a cry or cries of 'hoy!' M16.
J. Fowles He saw a man hoying a herd of cows away from a low byre.
C. noun. A cry of 'hoy!' M17.