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hoisting

hoist
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hoist or, sometimes, hahyst]
    • /hɔɪst or, sometimes, haɪst/
    • /hɔɪst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hoist or, sometimes, hahyst]
    • /hɔɪst or, sometimes, haɪst/

Definitions of hoisting word

  • verb with object hoisting to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail. 1
  • verb with object hoisting to raise to one's lips and drink; drink (especially beer or whiskey) with gusto: Let's go hoist a few beers. 1
  • verb with object hoisting Archaic. a simple past tense and past participle of hoise. 1
  • noun hoisting an apparatus for hoisting, as a block and tackle, a derrick, or a crane. 1
  • noun hoisting act of hoisting; a lift: Give that sofa a hoist at your end. 1
  • noun hoisting Nautical. the vertical dimension amidships of any square sail that is hoisted with a yard. Compare drop (def 28). the distance between the hoisted and the lowered position of such a yard. the dimension of a fore-and-aft sail along the luff. a number of flags raised together as a signal. 1
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Origin of hoisting

First appearance:

before 1540
One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; later variant of hoise, with -t as in against, etc.

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Parts of speech for Hoisting

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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hoisting popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Related words

  • sling

    an iced alcoholic drink, typically containing gin, water, sugar, and lemon or lime juice.

  • block and tackle

    a hoisting device in which a rope or chain is passed around a pair of blocks containing one or more pulleys. The upper block is secured overhead and the lower block supports the load, the effort being applied to the free end of the rope or chain

  • cableway

    a system for moving people or bulk materials in which suspended cars, buckets, etc, run on cables that extend between terminal towers

  • cat tackle

    a tackle for hoisting an anchor.

  • differential windlass

    a pair of hoisting drums of different diameter turning at the same rate, such that a pulley suspended below them on a line wound on the larger drum and unwound from the smaller drum is raised with mechanical advantage.

  • dragging

    marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex; transvestite.
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