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单词 yoicks
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yoicksv.

Brit. /jɔɪks/, U.S. /jɔɪks/
Forms: see yoicks int. and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: yoicks int.
Etymology: < yoicks int. Compare earlier yoax v. and yoick v.
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.
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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.

Brit. /jɔɪks/, U.S. /jɔɪks/
Forms: 1700s–1800s yoics, 1700s– yoicks, 1700s– yoiks, 1800s yhoix, 1800s yoix, 1800s yooicks, 2000s– yoikes.
Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Imitative. Compare earlier slightly yoax int., and slightly later yoick int. Compare also hoicks int. With sense A. 2 compare later yikes int.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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