HOIT

Meaning of HOIT in English

(v. i.) To leap; to caper; to romp noisily.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

HOIT — ˈhȯit noun ( -s ) Etymology: English dialect hoit, v., to romp, play the fool dialect Britain : a lazy …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOIT — ( v. i. ) To leap; to caper; to romp noisily.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOIT — vi to leap; to caper; to romp noisily.
Webster English vocab
HOIT — y-toity [adjective] [informal] [dated] [disapproving] - behaving as if you are better or more important than other peopleI thought she …
Cambridge English vocab
HOITY-TOITY — I. noun Etymology: rhyming compound from English dialect hoit to play the fool Date: 1668 thoughtless giddy behavior, II. adjective …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOITY-TOITY — I. |hȯid.ē|tȯid.ē, |hīd.ē|tīd.ē noun ( -es ) Etymology: reduplication of hoity, from English dialect hoit, v. 1. a. obsolete : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOITY-TOITY — /hoy"tee toy"tee/ , adj. 1. assuming airs; pretentious; haughty. 2. giddy; flighty. n. 3. giddy behavior. [ 1660-70; rhyming compound …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOITY-TOITY — I. ˌhȯi-tē-ˈtȯi-tē, ˌhī-tē-ˈtī-tē noun Etymology: rhyming compound from English dialect hoit to play the fool Date: 1668 : thoughtless giddy …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOITY-TOITY — ■ adjective haughty or snobbish. Origin C17: from obs. hoit 'indulge in riotous mirth', of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOITY-TOITY — [hoi.ty-toi.ty] n [rhyming compound fr. E dial. hoit to play the fool] (1668): thoughtless giddy behavior [2]hoity-toity adj (1690) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOITY-TOITY — / ˌhɔɪti ˈtɔɪti; NAmE / adjective ( old-fashioned , informal ) behaving in a way that suggests that you think …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOITY-TOITY — adj., int., & n. --adj. 1 haughty; petulant; snobbish. 2 archaic frolicsome. --int. expressing surprised protest at presumption etc. --n. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOITYTOITY — adj., int., & n. adj. 1 haughty; petulant; snobbish. 2 archaic frolicsome. int. expressing surprised protest at presumption etc. n. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOITY-TOITY — adj., int., & n. --adj. 1. haughty; petulant; snobbish. 2 archaic frolicsome. --int. expressing surprised protest at presumption etc. --n. …
Oxford English vocab

Английский словарь Webster

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