hoy

noun

Definition of hoynext
as in keel

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  1. keel
  2. barge
  3. cutter
  4. yawl
  5. tender
  6. tug
  7. lighter
  8. lifeboat
Noun
  • While other Time Warner executives would show more ambition in public, Parsons kept things on an even keel.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
  • However, logistics employment has managed to stay on an even keel even as companies like FedEx, UPS and DHL make their cuts.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of keel
Noun
  • There is a castle, an annual Shakespeare festival, a boat club (barges, mainly, given that Staffordshire has more miles of canal than any other county in England) and two semi-professional football clubs.
    Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin Cities, bringing the 2024 shipping season to an end.
    Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of barge
Noun
  • There was the glimmer of possibility in stories of bolt cutters and train yards and spray cans—possibilities of disruption and liberation.
    hazlitt.net, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Butler got off the bed and began waving the box cutter toward the bailiff, who fired shots at him, according to the news release.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of cutter
Noun
  • Prior to the incident, Wilson had been aboard a 52-foot yawl named the Emerald with friends Oster and Colleen McGovern.
    Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
  • The crew had no time to gather their possessions or weather gear before boarding their small yawl boat, and the ship sank so quickly that a Newfoundland that served as her mascot was unable to escape.
    Christopher Clough, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
Definition of yawl
Noun
  • California Governor Gavin Newsom said on X, formerly Twitter, late Wednesday morning that more than 1,400 firefighters have been deployed, 267 fire engines, 16 crews, nine water tenders and nine helicopters are all fighting the fires across the region.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In this week’s batch of new releases, Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper Morgan Wallen issues a tender ballad, while crooner Brett Eldredge releases a new, non-holiday track.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of tender
Noun
  • The big planets can shift Earth’s orbit slightly, and how our planet reacts to this interplanetary tug can set new temperature patterns in motion.
    Longreads, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The tugs will deliver the ship to the docks of Modern American Recycling Services – MARS – a company that specializes in vessel salvage and other marine operations.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of tug
Noun
  • During the match, the 3,500 travelling supporters were pelted with bottles, coins and lighters thrown from home sections.
    Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Never smoke in bed; keep lighters and cigarettes away from children.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of lighter
Noun
  • With no lifeboats, limited provisions, and no immediate hope of rescue, they were left adrift in the vast expanse of the Pacific.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The weather was good, none of the crew in the lifeboat were injured and there was no imminent danger to them.
    Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of lifeboat
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