To call to the hounds in hunting.

intransitive. To shout or cry ‘yoick!’. Also transitive: to encourage or urge on (a hound) by crying ‘yoick!’. Cf. yoicks, v.

intransitive. To encourage or urge on a hound or hounds by crying ‘yoax!’. Cf. yoax, int.

In imperative as a call to a dog to search for game, etc. Also seek out! (See quots.) Cf. sick, v.2

intransitive. To cry ‘yoicks!’ in order to encourage or urge on a hound or hounds. Also occasionally transitive. Cf. yoick, v.

Sporting. to seek dead: chiefly in the imperative, as an order given to a dog to search for and retrieve killed game.