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hoist

UK/hɔɪst/ US/ˈhɔɪst/ uncommon slang
verb (3) noun (1)

verb

1.

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

  • “hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”
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2.

move from one place to another by lifting

  • “They hoisted the patient onto the operating table”
3.

raise

  • “hoist the flags”
  • “hoist a sail”
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noun

1.

lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • buck hoist
  • Hills hoist
  • hoist bridge
  • hoist frame
  • hoist on one's own petard
  • hoist the white flag
  • hoist with one's own petard
  • safety hoist
  • skip hoist

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