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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
hoick .
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Examples
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The next ball is short and hoicked mightily over midwicket for Prior to take him to fifty from 39 balls.
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Finally hoicked myself up the mountain ten years ago, and had a fabulous time.
We progress! Glenda Larke 2009
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Yesterday evening, George, who's campaigning for a seat on the London Assembly in the upcoming elections, was processing down Holborn when someone hoicked a stress ball at him.
April 23rd, 2008 2008
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The drain man came this morning as promised, and hoicked out a few drain rods and what is basically a very big plunger - unblocking the drain by might and main.
To the Wheatsheaf last night for the Space Heroes gig jinty 2007
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Indeed, some spits look as if a giant has stood on the coastline, hoicked a big loogie, and launched it out into the ocean.
Spit. 2004
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Indeed, some spits look as if a giant has stood on the coastline, hoicked a big loogie, and launched it out into the ocean.
February 2004 2004
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Indeed, some spits look as if a giant has stood on the coastline, hoicked a big loogie, and launched it out into the ocean.
Archive 2004-02-01 2004
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An under-officer, with the black-and-gold button of the Landsturm, hoicked us out of the train, and we were all shepherded into a big bare waiting-room where a large stove burned.
Greenmantle 2005
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A short of length delivery on the middle stump is half-pulled, half-hoicked over square leg for a six.
Cricket: The Joy of Shahid Afridi's Batting Chirayu 2005
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With such awareness, the subliminal life, private and social, has been hoicked up into full view, with the result that we have “social consciousness” presented to us as a cause of guilt-feelings.
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