单词 | yoicks |
释义 | yoicksv. Fox-hunting. intransitive. To cry ‘yoicks!’ in order to encourage or urge on a hound or hounds. Also occasionally transitive. Cf. yoick v.In quot. 1943 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > signal [verb (intransitive)] > cry hallowc1420 harro?1578 view1812 soho1824 yoicks1840 tally1886 the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > signal [verb (intransitive)] > call to hounds hollo1613 yoicka1828 yoax1828 seek1840 yoicks1840 to seek dead1850 the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > call or signal [verb (transitive)] > shout at warea1529 tally-ho1812 soho1834 yoicks1840 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)] > of huntsmen routa1425 hollo1613 soho1824 tally-ho1826 yoicka1828 yoax1828 yoicks1840 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > incite or pursue with shout > of huntsmen routa1425 hollo1608 hoicks1762 whoo-whoop1812 soho1834 yoicks1840 1840 Sporting Mag. Nov. 127 Some on 'em hallood and yoixed. 1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (new ed.) xlvii. 345 The hounds dashed into cover, and master and man proceeded to ‘yoicks’ and crack their whips. 1943 Field & Stream July 150/2 State legislatures—particularly where they are yoicks-ed on the trail by the antis—will probably follow through to the ‘kill’ with all the joyous and destructive abandon of a pack of hounds. 1974 G. Lewis Acad. All Way v. 75 There are still stoned horsemen yoicksing through the woods. 2002 R. Kimber Living Wild & Domest. ii. 48 Hordes of horsey barbarians yoicksing along behind a pack of dogs whose mission in life is to chase a fox to the point of exhaustion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yoicksint.n. A. int. 1. Chiefly Fox-hunting. A call or cry used to urge on hounds. Sometimes also used more generally as an exclamation indicating excitement or encouragement. Cf. yoax int., yoick int. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > cry [interjection] > cry soho1307 sa-ha1606 whoo-whoop1611 harka1616 hark away1737 yoax1762 tally-ho1773 yoicks1774 yoick1781 gone away1795 hyke1823 to-ho1825 yoi1826 heu-gase1827 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [interjection] > specific shout > in hunting or hawking soho1307 see-hoa1500 stowc1520 hoicks1607 loo1608 whoo-whoop1611 harka1616 stoo1673 illow1688 hark away1737 yoicks1774 1774 Westm. Mag. 2 657 The bold Fox-hunter, just come up to town, From ‘Yoicks, hark forward’, loves to seem a clown. 1777 T. Swift Gamblers 54 ‘Hark forward! Yoics!’ with rough delight he hears. c1800 Armiger's Sportsman's Vocal Cabinet (1830) 112 Old Juno, young Scentwell, bold Jowler, and Tray, Yoix! yoix! have compelled him to yield. 1838 R. S. Surtees Jorrocks's Jaunts 11 The wood begins to resound with shouts of ‘Yoicks True-bo-y, yoicks True-bo-y, yoicks push him up, yoicks wind him!’ 1884 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 642/1 With renewed spirits he jumped into a hansom, and gave the direction——..‘Yoicks!’ cried he to himself, ‘I'm going it!’ 1916 Marion (Ohio) Star 20 Apr. 6/1 The proper dress for perforating your neighbors is hunting pinks, riding boots and a top hat. Then you cry, ‘Yoicks’, and blast away with the tommy gun. 1995 Times 3 Mar. 18/1 I prefer the call of the wild to the traffic accidents of the city. Even if it is as silly a call as Yoicks! Tally-ho! 2. colloquial. An exclamation expressing surprise, astonishment, or fright; = yikes int. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] whatOE well, wellOE avoyc1300 ouc1300 ay1340 lorda1393 ahaa1400 hillaa1400 whannowc1450 wow1513 why?1520 heydaya1529 ah1538 ah me!a1547 fore me!a1547 o me!a1547 what the (also a) goodyear1570 precious coals1576 Lord have mercy (on us)1581 good heavens1588 whau1589 coads1590 ay me!1591 my stars!a1593 Gods me1595 law1598 Godso1600 to go out1600 coads-nigs1608 for mercy!a1616 good stars!1615 mercy on us (also me, etc.)!a1616 gramercy1617 goodness1623 what next?1662 mon Dieu1665 heugh1668 criminy1681 Lawd1696 the dickens1697 (God, etc.) bless my heart1704 alackaday1705 (for) mercy's sake!1707 my1707 deuce1710 gracious1712 goodly and gracious1713 my word1722 my stars and garters!1758 lawka1774 losha1779 Lord bless me (also you, us, etc.)1784 great guns!1795 mein Gott1795 Dear me!1805 fancy1813 well, I'm sure!1815 massy1817 Dear, dear!1818 to get off1818 laws1824 Mamma mia1824 by crikey1826 wisha1826 alleleu1829 crackey1830 Madonna mia1830 indeed1834 to go on1835 snakes1839 Jerusalem1840 sapristi1840 oh my days1841 tear and ages1841 what (why, etc.) in time?1844 sakes alive!1846 gee willikers1847 to get away1847 well, to be sure!1847 gee1851 Great Scott1852 holy mackerel!1855 doggone1857 lawsy1868 my wig(s)!1871 gee whiz1872 crimes1874 yoicks1881 Christmas1882 hully gee1895 'ullo1895 my hat!1899 good (also great) grief!1900 strike me pink!1902 oo-er1909 what do you know?1909 cripes1910 coo1911 zowiec1913 can you tie that?1918 hot diggety1924 yeow1924 ziggety1924 stone (or stiffen) the crows1930 hullo1931 tiens1932 whammo1932 po po po1936 how about that?1939 hallo1942 brother1945 tie that!1948 surprise1953 wowee1963 yikes1971 never1974 to sod off1976 whee1978 mercy1986 yipes1989 1881 E. Stirling Old Drury Lane II. iii. 48 Dod, the prince of fops, the pink of taste, with his..pretty oaths—‘'Fore Gad!’ ‘Stap my vitals!’ ‘Yoicks!’ etc. 1942 Boys' Life Oct. 8/1 Yoicks! What a day for the game! 1984 InfoWorld 30 Jan. 62/1 Yoicks! Try word processing with such a cursor-key arrangement! 2001 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 20 July 14 b Her giant egg slicer is just big enough to hold (yoicks!) a baby. 2009 Sunday Times (Nexis) 7 June 54 The Blonde turned to me with a look of gasped astonishment. ‘Yoikes’, she said. B. n. An exclamation or cry of ‘yoicks!’. Cf. yoick n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > other specific cries or exclamations O?c1225 heyc1400 hoc1405 whoopc1450 oha1535 ooh1602 whowb1602 phew1613 hogmanay1692 ah1712 yo-hope1724 whew1751 whoo1763 yah1812 yo-heave-ho1813 yoicks1817 yo-he-ho1827 yo1830 boo1833 yoick1854 hot-cha-cha1932 ooh-la-la1952 ooh-ah1957 eina1971 eish2005 1817 W. Jerdan Six Weeks in Paris I. x. 213 The Baronet entered the room, with a ‘Yoicks! Tally ho! Hark forwards!’ 1858 in Morning Chron. 5 Nov. 7/1 The energetic ‘view-holloa’, and the hearty cheerful ‘yoicks-tally ho’. 1932 R. Macaulay They were Defeated i. xi. 71 He never..set out to run them to earth with a tally-ho and a yoicks. 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Apr. ii. 3/1 Letting his fancy ride off with a yoicks and a grand halloo. 2006 D. Lambdin King's Trade iv. 38 The clatter of hooves, the shrill ‘Yoicks!’ and imitations of a foxhorn's ‘tara-tara!’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1840int.n.1774 |
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