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单词 yoax
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yoaxv.

Forms: see yoax int.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: yoax int.
Etymology: < yoax int. Compare yoick v. and slightly later yoicks v.
Fox-hunting. Obsolete.
intransitive. To encourage or urge on a hound or hounds by crying ‘yoax!’. Cf. yoax int.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > signal [verb (intransitive)] > call to hounds
hollo1613
yoicka1828
yoax1828
seek1840
yoicks1840
to seek dead1850
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
1828 Sporting Mag. June 129/1 He yoaksed in a whisper, he cheered in a whisper.
1852 Sporting Mag. Apr. 252 He sat perfectly unconcerned, ‘yoaxing’ and cheering his hounds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

yoaxint.

Brit. /jəʊks/, U.S. /joʊks/
Forms: 1700s–1800s yoax, 1800s yoaks, 1800s yocks.
Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Imitative. Compare slightly later yoicks int.
Chiefly Fox-hunting (now rare (English regional (Yorkshire) in later use)).
A call or cry used to urge on hounds. Cf. yoicks 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
1762 S. Foote tr. P. N. Destouches Triple Marriage x, in S. Foote et al. Comic Theatre I. 264 Yoax, yoax! tarry, yoax!
1778 D. Garrick in H. Fielding Fathers Prol. p. vi 'Squire Western, reeling, with October mellow, Tall, yo!—Boys!—Yoax—Criticks! hunt the fellow!
1794 M. Holford Selima I. 255 The conclusion of the chace was announced by the great hall echoing with the sounds of ‘Tally ho! Yoax, Ringwood!’ and similar efforts of vociferation.
1828 Sporting Mag. May 31/2 There was..too much of ‘yoax, yoax!’ on the outside, and too much of sending the whippers-in to do huntsman's work within the covert.
1905 I. Wilkinson in Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 582/2 [N. Yorkshire] Yocks, a call of encouragement to a dog hunting rabbits, &c.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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