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.
Meanings
Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things.
The act of hoisting; a lift.
Give me a hoist over that wall.
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.
fi nostolaite (hoisting device) · de Zug (hoisting device) · es cabria (hoisting device) · cmn 旗面縱邊 /旗面纵边 (perpendicular height of a flag) · ar رَافِعَة (hoisting device) · mk дигалка (hoisting device) · bg елеватор (hoisting device) · tr lift (hoisting device) · de Lastenaufzug (hoisting device) · de Hubwerk (hoisting device) · fi nosturi (hoisting device) · fi etuliikki (height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay) · it puleggia (hoisting device) · cmn 升至最高位置 (vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff) · it gru (hoisting device) · fi tangonreuna (vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff) · de Hebebühne (hoisting device) · de Flaschenzug (hoisting device) · vec taja (hoisting device) · de Warenaufzug (hoisting device) · cmn 縱帆頂帆升起位置 /纵帆顶帆升起位置 (height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay) · it carrucola (hoisting device) · fi nostaminen (act of hoisting) · bg подемник (hoisting device) · cmn 帆的升高 (perpendicular height of a flag) · de Hebezug (hoisting device) · es aparejo (hoisting device) · cmn 捲揚機 /卷扬机 (hoisting device) · es polispasto (hoisting device) · scn parànculu (hoisting device) · de Winde (hoisting device) · cmn 吊升 (act of hoisting) · it elevatore (hoisting device) · cmn 起吊 (act of hoisting) · it paranco (hoisting device) · de Hebezeug (hoisting device) · ru подъёмник (hoisting device) · cmn 起重機 /起重机 (hoisting device) · fi korkeus (perpendicular height of a flag) · fi nosto (act of hoisting)
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.
Meanings
(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).
For tis the ſport to haue the enginer / Hoiſt with his ovvne petar, an't ſhall goe hard / But I vvill delue one yard belovve their mines, / And blovve them at the Moone: […] c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], signature [I4], verso:
[…] but this last was so heavy, I could not hoist it up to get it over the ship's side. 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:
Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his bed, where his head fell back on the pillow, as if he were almost fainting. 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. 1725, Alexander Pope, The Odyssey, translation of original by Homer:
[Abasalom's] ambition would needs be fingering the sceptre, and hoisting him into his father's throne 1675 October 17, Robert South, “Sermon XI. Of the odious Sin of Ingratitude”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, published 1866:
(figuratively, often, transitive) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
And when skipper Richie McCaw hoisted the Webb Ellis Trophy high into the night, a quarter of a century of hurt was blown away in an explosion of fireworks and cheering. 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport:
(historical, transitive) To lift someone up to be flogged.
Again Pilatus answered them, What shall I do to the Jew’s king? They again cried out and said, Hoist him! Then said Pilatus, What evil did he? They so much the more cried, Hoist him! 1881, H.C. Leonard, A Translation of the Anglo-Saxon Version of St. Mark’s Gospel, page 83:
(intransitive) To be lifted up.
(transitive) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
(slang, transitive) To steal.
When you’ve reached neutral territory, when you’ve stashed the loot hoisted from the warlord’s mansion – well, he didn't have much use for it any more, did he? 2006, Margaret Atwood, The Tent:
(slang, transitive) To rob.
Why, it was nothing to travel about the country with fifty grand worth of ice on me. Suppose I hadn’t packed a roscoe—hell, I’d of been hoisted once a week! 1948, Leslie Charteris, Saint Errant, page 103:
de hieven (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · nl opgetrokken worden (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · cmn 吊起 (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · tr çekmek (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · de aufwinden (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · gd tog (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · de fördern (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · ar رَفَعَ (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · sv hissa (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · hu felhúz (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · gl alar (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · da hejse (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · fi nousta (intransitive: to be lifted up) · fr hisser (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · gl isar (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · de anheben (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · cmn 吊打 (transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged) · hu felvon (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · sh podignuti (transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged) · it elevare (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · sh уздигнути (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · nl hijsen (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · it brandire (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · nl optillen (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · tr kaldırmak (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · bg издигам (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · cmn 被升起 (intransitive: to be lifted up) · cmn 提升 (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · it sollevare (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · sh придигнути (transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged) · de aufheißen (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · fa هچ کردن (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · ja 持ち上げる (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · nl ophijsen (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · sh uzdignuti (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · de lichten (ancor) (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · km ស្ទូច (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · scn jisari (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · pt içar (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · pl podnosić (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · es izar (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · gl guindar (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · ru поднима́ть (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · ca hissar (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · de aufhissen (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · kea isa (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · de aufziehen (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · scn spìnciri (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · cmn 被吊起 (intransitive: to be lifted up) · pt hastear (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · it innalzare (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · gl hastear (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · pl wciągać (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · eo hisi (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · de heben (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · bg вдигам (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · sk zdvihnúť (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · sk vztýčiť (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · ru водрузи́ть (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · hi फहराना (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · cmn 升起 (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · sh podnimiti (intransitive: to be lifted up) · fi kohottaa (transitive: to lift a trophy) · mi whakaara (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · sh поднимити (intransitive: to be lifted up) · cmn 舉起 /举起 (transitive: to lift a trophy) · fi nostaa (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · it alzare (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · ru водружа́ть (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · de hissen (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · de hochheben (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · de hochwinden (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · ga tóg (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · ru подня́ть (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · fi nostaa (transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged) · tr yukarı çekmek (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · mi huti (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · it issare (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · sh pridignuti (transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged) · sh подигнути (transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged) · pl podnieść (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · scn sùsiri (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · pl wciągnąć (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate) · de hochziehen (transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate)