"hoit" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈhɔɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hoit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hoits [present, singular, third-person], hoiting [participle, present], hoited [participle, past], hoited [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪt Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from Old Norse, or a native Old English term. Perhaps somehow from Middle English hote (“to promise, etc.”). Compare Welsh hoetian (“to dally, dandle”), as well as Scots hoit (“to move awkwardly or clumsily, especially of a stout person or animal, to waddle”), which may be more plausible (especially in sense 2). Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse, {{inh|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{inh|en|enm|hote||to promise, etc.}} Middle English hote (“to promise, etc.”), {{cog|cy|hoetian||to dally, dandle}} Welsh hoetian (“to dally, dandle”), {{cog|sco|hoit||to move awkwardly or clumsily, especially of a stout person or animal, to waddle}} Scots hoit (“to move awkwardly or clumsily, especially of a stout person or animal, to waddle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} hoit (third-person singular simple present hoits, present participle hoiting, simple past and past participle hoited)
  1. (archaic) To behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool. Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-hoit-en-verb-N8MbbB-P
  2. (obsolete) To romp noisily; to caper, to leap. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-hoit-en-verb-4BRC7hoQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hoity, hoity-toity
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈhɔɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hoit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hoits [present, singular, third-person], hoiting [participle, present], hoit [participle, past], hoit [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪt Head templates: {{en-verb|hoits|hoiting|hoit}} hoit (third-person singular simple present hoits, present participle hoiting, simple past and past participle hoit)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of hurt. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: hurt
    Sense id: en-hoit-en-verb-MwrYx1Uj Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 26 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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