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hoist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | lifting device |
| Has types | headgear, block and tackle, wheel and axle |
Examples of hoist
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In persuasive, insistent language, the authors hoist one red flag after another.
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Starting today, the Nick hotel will hoist its own flag as an independent resort.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The use of a simple slip knot allows one person alone to hoist the flag unaided.
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Often he lets booze dons hoist themselves on the petard of their own silliness.
From the sfgate.com
In the meantime, there's the matter of who will hoist Lord Stanley's Cup tonight.
From the post-gazette.com
Most weigh 50 to 70 pounds, light enough for one person to hoist on top of a car.
From the sfgate.com
The only other team to hoist the Cup in that stretch was the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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However, Brockman took 13 shots, while Pondexter was active enough to hoist 11.
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One extra-large middle-aged lady requires a bell-boy to hoist her down the steps.
From the economist.com
- Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
- Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
- Move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"
- Raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"
- Hoist (stylized as (Hoist)) is the fifth official studio album by the American rock band Phish, released on March 29, 1994, by Elektra Records. At the time of its release, Hoist was Phish's best selling album to date, peaking at #34 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
- A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium. ...
- The design and description of flags typically uses specialized flag terminology with precise and technical meanings, and is hence a form of jargon.
- In underground mining a hoist or winder is used to raise and lower conveyances within the mine shaft. ...
- A hoist motion is used in Canadian legislative bodies to cause a bill not to be read now, but six months hence, or any number of months hence.
