hoy

Other forms of hoy

plural

hoys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hoy

What does hoy mean?

hoy means "a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)".

How many syllables are in hoy?

hoy has 1 syllable: hoy. In IPA it is /ˈhɔɪ/.

What is another word for hoy?

Close synonyms include barge, flatboat, lighter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hoy a common word?

hoy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.