different between hox vs hoy

English

Etymology 1

Noun

hox (plural hoxes)

1. (genetics) Abbreviation of homeobox.

Derived terms

• hox gene

Etymology 2

Verb

hox (third-person singular simple present hoxes, present participle hoxing, simple past and past participle hoxed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.

Synonyms

• hamstring, hock, hough

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:disable

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian ??? (ho?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho?x/

Noun

hox m (Arabic spelling ????)

1. plowed field

   Synonym: beyar

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “hox”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Heu or Dutch gooi.

Noun

hoy (plural hoys)

1. A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
   • July 1779, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin

     The hoy went to London every week.

Derived terms

• powder hoy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch hoi, compare ahoy.

Interjection

hoy

1. Ho!, hallo!, stop!

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying, simple past and past participle hoyed)

1. (transitive) To incite; to drive onward.

Etymology 3

Perhaps related to hoick and hoist.

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying or hoyin, simple past and past participle hoyed)

1. (Northumbria, Australia) To throw.

References

• hoy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [3]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• hyo-

Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Norse hey, from Proto-Germanic *hawj?

Noun

hoy n

1. hay

Derived terms

• hoytjauk (“haystack”)

Scots

Verb

hoy (third-person singular present hoy, present participle hoyin, past hoyed, past participle hoyed)

1. (South Scots) to throw

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish oy, from Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodi?. Compare Portuguese hoje, Italian oggi, hui in French aujourd'hui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?oi/, [?oi?]

Adverb

hoy

1. today

   Synonym: hoy día

Derived terms

Further reading

• “hoy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• “hoy” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish oye

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hoj/

Interjection

hoy

1. expression used to call the attention of somebody

2. expression used to inform someone

Usage notes

Using this word can make you sound disrespectful in some contexts. Refrain from using it when you're talking to someone who you don't know especially when he's older than you.

Synonyms

• huy
• uy
• oy