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hoist
[ hoistor, sometimes, hahyst ]
verb (used with object)
- to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance:
to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
Synonyms: elevate
Antonyms: lower
- 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.
noun
- 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 fly 2( def 30b ).
hoist
/ hɔɪst /
verb
- tr to raise or lift up, esp by mechanical means
- hoist with one's own petardSee petard
noun
- 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
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈhoister, noun
Other Words From
- hoister noun
- un·hoisted adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hoist1
Idioms and Phrases
- hoist by / with one's own petard. petard ( def 4 ).
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He hoisted the plate above his head like a champion prizefighter’s belt and exclaimed: “Behold! Drake’s plate!”
The quirky structure is sandwiched among three gum trees and features a secret door, indoor bar, tiki torches, hammock, and rope-and-pulley system for hoisting up supplies.
Now it’s Baker’s turn to hoist a prestige statuette.
Counting the playoffs, no player in the league was on the field more than Yoshida during a season that ended with the Galaxy captain hoisting the MLS Cup.
Most books do seem to agree on the five teams with the best odds to hoist the Lombardi Trophy a year from now — the Eagles, Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens and Detroit Lions.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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