hoist
21hoist — /hɔɪst / (say hoyst) verb (t) (hoisted, Archaic, hoist, hoisting) 1. to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist sail. 2. Colloquial to steal, especially to shoplift. 3. Colloquial to throw. –noun 4. an apparatus for… …
22hoist — vb 1. to steal, particularly by shoplifting or picking a pocket. The term is around 200 years old in underworld jargon, and was still in use in 2004. He managed to hoist a couple of watches. 2. American to raise and down a drink, usually beer. A… …
23hoist — 1 also hoist up verb (T) 1 to raise, lift, or pull up something, especially using ropes: The sailors hoisted the cargo onto the deck. | hoist the flag 2 be hoist with your own petard to be harmed or embarrassed by something that you planned… …
24hoist — v. & n. v.tr. 1 raise or haul up. 2 raise by means of ropes and pulleys etc. n. 1 an act of hoisting, a lift. 2 an apparatus for hoisting. 3 a the part of a flag nearest the staff. b a group of flags raised as a signal. Phrases and idioms: hoist… …
25hoist — 1. verb /hɔɪst/ a) To raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy …
26hoist — [16] The history of hoist cannot be traced back very far. It is an alteration of a now defunct hoise (probably due to the mistaking of the past form hoised for a present form), which itself was an alteration of an earlier heise. This probably… …
27hoist — verb raise by means of ropes and pulleys. ↘haul up. noun 1》 an act of hoisting. 2》 an apparatus for hoisting something. 3》 the part of a flag nearest the staff. 4》 a group of flags raised as a signal. Phrases hoist one s flag (of an admiral) take …
28hoist — See chain hoist engine hoist …
29hoist — [16] The history of hoist cannot be traced back very far. It is an alteration of a now defunct hoise (probably due to the mistaking of the past form hoised for a present form), which itself was an alteration of an earlier heise. This probably… …
30hoist — I. verb Etymology: alteration of hoise Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. lift, raise; especially to raise into position by or as if by means of tackle 2. drink 1 < hoist a few beers > intrans …
