hoist

IPA: hˈɔɪst

A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
The act of hoisting; a lift.
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.

(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).
(transitive, sports, often figurative) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
(transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
(intransitive) To be lifted up.
(transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
(transitive, slang) To steal.
(transitive, slang) To rob.

Examples of "hoist" in Sentences

The phrase "hoist on their own petard" springs to mind.
At the hoist was a single stalk of wheat and in the upper fly, the provincial arms.
Thus it is more profitable to dig for antiquities even in authorised excavations than to work the water-hoist, which is one of the usual occupations of the peasant.
On top there was the firemen, and what we called the hoist engineer (he run the bucket, the scooping bucket up and down, you know, in the mine), and a blacksmith, and a blacksmith's helper.
I had the chance to talk with one combat flight medic who specializes in something known as hoist maneuvers, basically being dangled from a helicopter and dropped into tough areas to rescue the injured.