hoist
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hoist
- /hɔɪst/
Rhymes with -ɔɪst
Where it comes from
Alteration of earlier hoise (“to hoist”), apparently based on the past tense forms, from Middle Dutch hisen (“to hoist”). Compare modern Dutch hijsen (“to hoist”), German hissen (“to hoist”), Danish hejse (“to hoist”). Compare also French hisser (“to hoist”), Galician isar (“to hoist”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”), Catalan hissar (“to hoist”), Italian issare (“to hoist”),
Portuguese içar (“to hoist”), Sicilian jisari (“to hoist”), all borrowed from a Germanic source.
verb hoists · hoisting · hoisted · hoist
- To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight). For tis the ſport to haue the enginer / Hoiſt with his ovvne petar, an't ſhall goe hard / But I vvill delue one yard belovve their mines, / And blovve them at the Moone: […]
- To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory. And when skipper Richie McCaw hoisted the Webb Ellis Trophy high into the night, a quarter of a century of hurt was blown away in an explosion of fireworks and cheering.
- To lift someone up to be flogged. Again Pilatus answered them, What shall I do to the Jew’s king? They again cried out and said, Hoist him! Then said Pilatus, What evil did he? They so much the more cried, Hoist him!
- To be lifted up.
- To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
- To steal. When you’ve reached neutral territory, when you’ve stashed the loot hoisted from the warlord’s mansion – well, he didn't have much use for it any more, did he?
- To rob. Why, it was nothing to travel about the country with fifty grand worth of ice on me. Suppose I hadn’t packed a roscoe—hell, I’d of been hoisted once a week!
noun hoists
- Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things.
- The act of hoisting; a lift. Give me a hoist over that wall.
- The triangular vertical position of a flag, as opposed to the flying state, or triangular vertical position of a sail, when flying from a mast.
- The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.
- The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lift, run up, wind, haul, lifter, lifting, elevator, winch, boost, riser, raising, rise, hanger, elevate, uplift, elevation
Translations
Every language
verb transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
| Español | izar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 持ち上げる mochiageru |
| 中文 | 提升 tíshēng, 升起 shēngqǐ, 吊起 |
| हिन्दी | फहराना phahrānā |
| Português | içar, hastear |
| Français | hisser |
| Deutsch | hochziehen, hissen, hieven, aufziehen, aufhissen, aufheißen |
| Italiano | elevare, alzare, issare, innalzare, sollevare, brandire |
| Русский | поднима́ть podnimátʹ, подня́ть podnjátʹ, водружа́ть vodružátʹ, водрузи́ть vodruzítʹ |
| العربية | رَفَعَ rafaʕa |
verb transitive: to lift a trophy
| 中文 | 舉起 /举起 jǔqǐ |
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verb transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged
| 中文 | 吊打 diàodǎ |
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noun perpendicular height of a flag
| 中文 | 旗面縱邊 /旗面纵边, 帆的升高 fān de shēnggāo |
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noun vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff
| 中文 | 升至最高位置 shēng zhì zuìgāo wèizhì |
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noun hoisting device
| Español | aparejo, polispasto, cabria |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 捲揚機 /卷扬机, 起重機 /起重机 qǐzhòngjī |
| Deutsch | Hebezeug, Zug, Flaschenzug, Lastenaufzug, Winde, Hubwerk |
| Italiano | paranco, puleggia, carrucola, gru, elevatore |
| Русский | подъёмник podʺjómnik |
| العربية | رَافِعَة rāfiʕa |
noun height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay
| 中文 | 縱帆頂帆升起位置 /纵帆顶帆升起位置 zòng fān dǐng fān shēngqǐ wèizhì |
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title = {hoist},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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