Definitions from Wiktionary (hoist)

▸ verb:  (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).
▸ verb:  (transitive, sports, often figurative) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
▸ verb:  (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To be lifted up.
▸ verb:  (transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang) To steal.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang) To rob.
▸ noun:  Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things.
▸ noun:  The act of hoisting; a lift.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.
▸ noun:  The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.
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