Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoek

/hˈoʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: hoek
IPA: /hˈoʊk/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the Hook and Cod wars in the County of Holland between 1350 and 1490, a member of the more conservative faction consisting mostly of nobles.

Inflected Forms

Hoeks (plural) Hoeck (alternative) Hook (alternative)

Homonyms

hoak hoeck

Antonyms

Kabeljauw

Rhymes With

broke joke smoke spoke stroke woke folk oak coke stoke choke soak

Questions

How do you pronounce hoek?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈoʊk/.
What does hoek mean?: In the Hook and Cod wars in the County of Holland between 1350 and 1490, a member of the more conservative faction consisting mostly of nobles.

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