"hoit" meaning in English

See hoit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈhɔɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hoit.wav 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 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 13 14 33 34 1 4
  2. (obsolete) To romp noisily; to caper, to leap. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-hoit-en-verb-4BRC7hoQ Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 13 14 33 34 1 4
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 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, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 26 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 13 14 33 34 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 16 38 27 1 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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