hoist

Meaning of hoist

noun
  1. A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
  2. The act of hoisting; a lift.
    Give me a hoist over that wall.
  3. The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
  4. The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
  5. The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.
verb
  1. 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).
  2. To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
  3. To lift someone up to be flogged.
  4. To be lifted up.
  5. To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
  6. To steal, to rob.

Information about hoist

  • The plural form of hoist is: hoists.
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Hyphenation of hoist

hoist

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • hoist is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

hoist synonyms

Meaning lift:

lift, wind

Translation of hoist

Anagrams of hoist

histo

Words that rhyme with hoist

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