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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hoist /hɔɪst/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to raise or lift, esp. by a mechanical device:to hoist the mainsail on a boat.
- to raise to one's lips and drink:to hoist a beer.
n. [countable] - Mechanical Engineeringan apparatus for hoisting, as a block and tackle.
- the act of hoisting.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hoist (hoist or, sometimes, hīst),USA pronunciation v.t. - to raise or lift, esp. by some mechanical appliance:to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- to raise to one's lips and drink;
drink (esp. beer or whiskey) with gusto:Let's go hoist a few beers. - [Archaic.]a pt. and pp. of hoise.
- Idioms hoist with or by one's own petard. See petard (def. 4).
n. - Mechanical Engineeringan apparatus for hoisting, as a block and tackle, a derrick, or a crane.
- act of hoisting;
a lift:Give that sofa a hoist at your end. - [Naut.]
- Naval Termsthe vertical dimension amidships of any square sail that is hoisted with a yard. Cf. drop (def. 28).
- Naval Termsthe distance between the hoisted and the lowered position of such a yard.
- Naval Termsthe dimension of a fore-and-aft sail along the luff.
- Naval Termsa number of flags raised together as a signal.
- (on a flag)
- the vertical dimension as flown from a vertical staff.
- the edge running next to the staff. Cf. fly (def. 36b).
- later variant of hoise, with -t as in against, etc. 1540–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged elevate. See raise.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lower.
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