hoit
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of hoit
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(archaic, intransitive)To behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool.
“Let none condemn them [girls] for Rigs, becauſe thus hoiting vvith boys, ſeeing the ſimplicity of their age vvas a Patent to priviledge any innocent paſtime, and fevv mo[r]e years vvill make them bluſh themſelves into better manners.”
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verb
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(archaic, intransitive)To behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool.
“Let none condemn them [girls] for Rigs, becauſe thus hoiting vvith boys, ſeeing the ſimplicity of their age vvas a Patent to priviledge any innocent paſtime, and fevv mo[r]e years vvill make them bluſh themſelves into better manners.”
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(intransitive, obsolete)To romp noisily; to caper, to leap.
“Hark, my husband! he's singing and hoiting; and I'm fain to cark and care, and all little enough”
- (alt-of, intransitive, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of hurt.
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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).
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