hoist

Meaning

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. (slang) To steal.
7. (slang) To rob.

lift

hoist up

lifting device

electric hoist

starting engine

winding barrel

motor hoist

heave out

reel cart

add to

starting machine

boost up

heave up

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɔɪst/

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”), Catalan hissar (“to hoist”), Italian issare (“to hoist”), Sicilian jisari (“to hoist”), all borrowed from a Germanic source.