hoist

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɔɪst/ Hyphenation: hoist Rhymes: -ɔɪst === Verb === hoist (third-person singular simple present hoists, present participle hoisting, simple past and past participle hoisted or hoist) (transitive) 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). (transitive, sports, often figurative) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory. (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged. (intransitive) To be lifted up. (transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization. (transitive, slang) To steal. (transitive, slang) To rob. ==== Usage notes ==== "Hoisted" is about fifteen times more common than "hoist" in US usage as past and past participle. The "hoist" form is also uncommon in the UK except in the expression "hoist by one's own petard". ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === hoist (plural hoists) Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things. Hyponyms: block and tackle, polyspast, muffle; chainfall; crane Coordinate terms: come-along, davit, jack, winch The act of hoisting; a lift. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === hoist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === histo, histo-, hoits, shito