Hoist
verb
To lift or raise something using ropes or a machine.
They hoisted the flag at the ceremony.
Often appears as...
- hoist the flag
- hoist into place
noun
An act of lifting or raising something.
They gave him a hoist onto the stage.
Often appears as...
- give a hoist
- need a hoist
verb
To drink something in large gulps.
He hoisted his beer and drank it down.
Often appears as...
- hoist a beer
- hoist a drink
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A lifting device, typically in a building for lifting heavy items.
The construction site was full of cranes and hoists.
Often appears as...
- crane hoist
- elevator hoist
Usage tips
Technical
verbal phrase
Hoist with one's own petard - To be caught in one's own trap.
He was hoist with his own petard when his scheme backfired on him.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
verb
To lift or raise something using ropes or a machine.
They hoisted the flag at the ceremony.
Often appears as...
- hoist the flag
- hoist into place
noun
An act of lifting or raising something.
They gave him a hoist onto the stage.
Often appears as...
- give a hoist
- need a hoist
verb
To drink something in large gulps.
He hoisted his beer and drank it down.
Often appears as...
- hoist a beer
- hoist a drink
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A lifting device, typically in a building for lifting heavy items.
The construction site was full of cranes and hoists.
Often appears as...
- crane hoist
- elevator hoist
Usage tips
Technical
verbal phrase
Hoist with one's own petard - To be caught in one's own trap.
He was hoist with his own petard when his scheme backfired on him.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Refers to actual, often strenuous, movement upwards or in lifting.
The workers hoisted the cargo onto the ship.
Pro Tip 2/2Ceremonial Actions
Commonly used in the context of raising flags or symbolic items during official events.
The team hoisted the trophy high into the air in celebration.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Refers to actual, often strenuous, movement upwards or in lifting.
The workers hoisted the cargo onto the ship.
Pro Tip 2/2Ceremonial Actions
Commonly used in the context of raising flags or symbolic items during official events.
The team hoisted the trophy high into the air in celebration.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Refers to actual, often strenuous, movement upwards or in lifting.
The workers hoisted the cargo onto the ship.
Pro Tip 2/2Ceremonial Actions
Commonly used in the context of raising flags or symbolic items during official events.
The team hoisted the trophy high into the air in celebration.
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Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
she will be learning valuable lessons all the time when this happens and the fact that she's killing big animals like this is means that those are only going to happen more and more and eventually it will drive her to learn how to hoist kills but i'm afraid this is just too big and too heavy for her she's got no chance i mean
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How to Build a Teepee PIPE...
takes all hands to hoist to the unwieldy canvas up to the top of the teepee get our stick put in handled right in there and push that all the way up to the top okay sinks heavy they work the canvas up the poles like a sail is raised on the mast of a boat push that to the top okay yeah
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
you lose it and someone comes along and steals it from you it's not exactly the best feeling in the world so luckily hosana will know that he will know that the other predators are around and that is exactly why leopards do what they do and hoist which we see on a regular
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The political progress...
and that was what was planned for dinner that night. And so as the story goes, my grandmother, in the birthing bed, in labor, hoists herself up on one elbow and wrings that chicken's neck, right? And that is how my mother came into this world.
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
resurrected itself and it may come from having to cook he move up the tree maybe you was chased by he know and he had to hoist his kill a lot faster than he was comfortable with and maybe it's just a little bit inflamed but as we said oh
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The de-extinction of...
lawyer for the rest of his life but he published the seaman's friend to help the this or the mistreated seaman of the 19th century who hoisted the sales that at that time powered the world and the idea I want to leave you with thanks to
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The surprising thing I...
the feeling that I felt when we hoisted her sails. As a four-year-old child, it was the greatest sense of freedom that I could ever imagine. I made my mind up there and then that one day, somehow, I was going to sail around the world.
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Why is the Mona Lisa so...
Vincenzo Peruggia hoisted a painting off the wall and slipped down the back stairs of the Louvre. He was close to freedom, the exit just before him when he encountered a two-pronged the door was locked and footsteps were approaching.
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
right zip yes yeah same areas same sort of strategy you know feed hoist train them keep them safe she's very interested in me I said I think last night someone said she's
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Disgusting! Blue Whale...
so you've hoisted some of this orange goo out of the water that is blue whale droppings very fierce bitter kind of salty smell to it very very much seafood
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
she will be learning valuable lessons all the time when this happens and the fact that she's killing big animals like this is means that those are only going to happen more and more and eventually it will drive her to learn how to hoist kills but i'm afraid this is just too big and too heavy for her she's got no chance i mean
Video examples
How to Build a Teepee PIPE...
takes all hands to hoist to the unwieldy canvas up to the top of the teepee get our stick put in handled right in there and push that all the way up to the top okay sinks heavy they work the canvas up the poles like a sail is raised on the mast of a boat push that to the top okay yeah
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
you lose it and someone comes along and steals it from you it's not exactly the best feeling in the world so luckily hosana will know that he will know that the other predators are around and that is exactly why leopards do what they do and hoist which we see on a regular
Video examples
The political progress...
and that was what was planned for dinner that night. And so as the story goes, my grandmother, in the birthing bed, in labor, hoists herself up on one elbow and wrings that chicken's neck, right? And that is how my mother came into this world.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
resurrected itself and it may come from having to cook he move up the tree maybe you was chased by he know and he had to hoist his kill a lot faster than he was comfortable with and maybe it's just a little bit inflamed but as we said oh
Video examples
The de-extinction of...
lawyer for the rest of his life but he published the seaman's friend to help the this or the mistreated seaman of the 19th century who hoisted the sales that at that time powered the world and the idea I want to leave you with thanks to
Video examples
The surprising thing I...
the feeling that I felt when we hoisted her sails. As a four-year-old child, it was the greatest sense of freedom that I could ever imagine. I made my mind up there and then that one day, somehow, I was going to sail around the world.
Video examples
Why is the Mona Lisa so...
Vincenzo Peruggia hoisted a painting off the wall and slipped down the back stairs of the Louvre. He was close to freedom, the exit just before him when he encountered a two-pronged the door was locked and footsteps were approaching.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
right zip yes yeah same areas same sort of strategy you know feed hoist train them keep them safe she's very interested in me I said I think last night someone said she's
Video examples
Disgusting! Blue Whale...
so you've hoisted some of this orange goo out of the water that is blue whale droppings very fierce bitter kind of salty smell to it very very much seafood
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Quote examples
Harris Faulkner
American Journalist
When I was a little girl, my father, who was a high-ranking officer, pilot, and an avionics specialist in the United States military, would hoist me up onto the elevator - the flight control surface located at the tail of his airplane. From up there I could get a glimpse of the world as he saw it.
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Denise Austin
American Author
We use our shoulder muscles to accomplish practically every pulling, pushing, and hoisting task we do (they really do carry the weight of the world!), so they're a great place to start building strength.
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Zebulon Pike
American Soldier
Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag.
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Sam Darnold
American Athlete
I think every kid who wants to play in the NFL has a dream of hoisting that Lombardi. It's what we all strive for, and it's the end goal for every team.
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Milkha Singh
Indian Athlete
I came from the bottom, from nothing. To a man who has nothing in his life, imagine what it's like to be hoisted on someone's shoulders.
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Bruce Oldfield
English Designer
My aim is to make you look the best you can and if that means a little bit of internal pulling and hoisting up, then so be it.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Adam Vinatieri
American Athlete
There's a lot of fun things about this sport, but trying to hoist that trophy at the end is what we all play for.
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Jay Duplass
American Director
In ultralight backpacking, modified gear pieces come into play, like a tent you hoist with your trekking poles.
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Lynn Davies
British Athlete
When you win, suddenly this celebrity status is hoisted upon you.
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Harris Faulkner
American Journalist
When I was a little girl, my father, who was a high-ranking officer, pilot, and an avionics specialist in the United States military, would hoist me up onto the elevator - the flight control surface located at the tail of his airplane. From up there I could get a glimpse of the world as he saw it.
Quote examples
Denise Austin
American Author
We use our shoulder muscles to accomplish practically every pulling, pushing, and hoisting task we do (they really do carry the weight of the world!), so they're a great place to start building strength.
Quote examples
Zebulon Pike
American Soldier
Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag.
Quote examples
Sam Darnold
American Athlete
I think every kid who wants to play in the NFL has a dream of hoisting that Lombardi. It's what we all strive for, and it's the end goal for every team.
Quote examples
Milkha Singh
Indian Athlete
I came from the bottom, from nothing. To a man who has nothing in his life, imagine what it's like to be hoisted on someone's shoulders.
Quote examples
Bruce Oldfield
English Designer
My aim is to make you look the best you can and if that means a little bit of internal pulling and hoisting up, then so be it.
Quote examples
H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
Quote examples
Adam Vinatieri
American Athlete
There's a lot of fun things about this sport, but trying to hoist that trophy at the end is what we all play for.
Quote examples
Jay Duplass
American Director
In ultralight backpacking, modified gear pieces come into play, like a tent you hoist with your trekking poles.
Quote examples
Lynn Davies
British Athlete
When you win, suddenly this celebrity status is hoisted upon you.
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