hoist
to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
to raise to one's lips and drink; drink (especially beer or whiskey) with gusto: Let's go hoist a few beers.
Archaic. a simple past tense and past participle of hoise.
an apparatus for hoisting, as a block and tackle, a derrick, or a crane.
act of hoisting; a lift: Give that sofa a hoist at your end.
Nautical.
the vertical dimension amidships of any square sail that is hoisted with a yard.: Compare drop (def. 31).
the distance between the hoisted and the lowered position of such a yard.
the dimension of a fore-and-aft sail along the luff.
a number of flags raised together as a signal.
(on a flag)
the vertical dimension as flown from a vertical staff.
the edge running next to the staff.: Compare fly2 (def. 30b).
Idioms about hoist
hoist by / with one's own petard. petard (def. 4).
Origin of hoist
1synonym study For hoist
Other words for hoist
Opposites for hoist
Other words from hoist
- hoister, noun
- un·hoist·ed, adjective
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How to use hoist in a sentence
Ophelia hoists up two bags of toys at the foot of the bed, explaining each is used for a different entrance.
He generally hoists a little flag when a vessel passes near, and is often gratified by a supply of hard-bake.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellTh' ammunition hoists ar-re filled with American beauty roses an' orchids.
Mr. Dooley Says | Finley DunneHe puts up a windlass, worked by hand, over the well-like hole he has dug out, and hoists the ore out in buckets.
Stories of California | Ella M. SextonA very modest Romanesque church laboriously hoists skyward a heavy stone belfry amid a clump of elm and nut trees.
The Surprises of Life | Georges Clemenceau
In the latter case, he hoists his canoe tent above his head, unfolds his mattress, and sleeps comfortably in the cockpit.
Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for hoist
/ (hɔɪst) /
(tr) to raise or lift up, esp by mechanical means
hoist with one's own petard See petard (def. 2)
any apparatus or device for hoisting
the act of hoisting
nautical
the amidships height of a sail bent to the yard with which it is hoisted: Compare drop (def. 15)
the difference between the set and lowered positions of this yard
nautical the length of the luff of a fore-and-aft sail
nautical a group of signal flags
the inner edge of a flag next to the staff: Compare fly 1 (def. 25)
Origin of hoist
1Derived forms of hoist
- hoister, noun
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