Crossword-Solution: HOIST 5 letters, 152 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Word Word Type Definition
Hoist v. t. To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to
a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy
package or weight.
Hoist n. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting
goods.
Hoist n. The act of hoisting; a lift.
Hoist n. The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly,
or horizontal length when flying from a staff.
Hoist n. The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.
Hoist p. p. Hoisted.

Anagrams

Word Anagrams
HOIST anagram HISTO, HOITS, ISHOT, OHSIT, TOHIS

We have 152 clues for the answer “HOIST”

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"Petard" verb. 1 answer
"… ___ with his own petard": Hamlet 1 answer
An elevator. 1 answer
Building construction equipment. 1 answer
Davit or crane 1 answer
Derrick or crane 1 answer
Derricks do it 1 answer
Device for heavy lifting 1 answer
Dumbwaiter 1 answer
Dumbwaiter, essentially 1 answer
Elevate, in a way 1 answer
Elevator or tackle. 1 answer
Hydraulic lift. 1 answer
Jack Be Nimble is hot (5) 1 answer
Jack or forklift 1 answer
Jack up, e.g. 1 answer
Jack's relative 1 answer
Jack, say 1 answer
Lift a glass 1 answer
Lift up high 1 answer
Lift up, as a flag 1 answer
Lift using a crane 1 answer
Lift with a block and tackle 1 answer
Lift with a crane 1 answer
Lift with a pulley 1 answer
Lift with ropes 1 answer
Lift, as with a crane 1 answer
Lifting apparatus 1 answer
Lifting part of a crane 1 answer
Loading apparatus 1 answer
Move with a davit 1 answer
Pick up and drink: Slang 1 answer
Planet composer 1 answer
Pull up with a pulley 1 answer
RAISE with tackle 1 answer
Raise (flag) 1 answer
Raise Old Glory 1 answer
Raise a flag 1 answer
Raise a sail 1 answer
Raise afloat 1 answer
Raise by means of tackle. 1 answer
Raise on a pole 1 answer
Raise the sail 1 answer
Raise with ropes 1 answer
Raise with ropes and pulleys 1 answer
Raise, as Old Glory 1 answer
Raise, as sails 1 answer
Run up a flagpole 1 answer
Send up a flagpole 1 answer
Send up, as a flag 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARTE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with HOIST (5)

Now, then, what we have to do is to hoist the redskin on to it and leave her here to drown.” It was the work of one brutal moment to land the beautiful girl on the rock; she was too proud to offer a vain resistance.
Peter Pan James M. Barrie 1991
Box 549, Alger-Gare, 16000 Algiers); telephone [213] (2) 601-425 or 255, 186; there is a US Consulate in Oran _#_Flag: two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white with a red five-pointed star within a red crescent; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam (the state religion) _*_Economy _#_Overview: The exploitation of oil and natural gas products forms the backbone of the economy.
The 1991 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1992
Box 549, Alger-Gare, 16000 Algiers); telephone [213] (2) 601-425 or 255, 186; FAX [213] (2) 603979; there is a US Consulate in Oran Flag: two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white with a red five-pointed star within a red crescent; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam (the state religion) :Algeria Economy Overview: The oil and natural gas sector forms the backbone of the economy.
The 1992 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1993
And please sit as close to the horse’s neck as possible.” Tip climbed quickly to his place, and the Soldier and the Scarecrow managed to hoist the Pumpkinhead to a seat just behind him.
The Marvellous Land of Oz L. Frank Baum 1993
Box N-8197, Nassau telephone: (809) 322-1181 or 328-2206 FAX: (809) 328-7838 Flag: three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold, and aquamarine with a black equilateral triangle based on the hoist side *The Bahamas, Economy Overview: The Bahamas is a stable, middle-income, developing nation whose economy is based primarily on tourism and offshore banking.
The 1993 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1993

Quotes with HOIST (3)

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H.L. Mencken Prejudices: First Series
It was ironic, really - you want to die because you can't be bothered to go on living - but then you're expected to get all energetic and move furniture and stand on chairs and hoist ropes and do complicated knots and attach things to other things and kick stools from under you and mess around with hot baths and razor blades and extension cords and electrical appliances and weedkiller. Suicide was a complicated, demanding business, often involving visits to hardware shops. An…
Marian Keyes Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
So, when on one side you hoist in Locke's head, you go over that way; but now, on the other side, hoist in Kant's and you come back again; but in very poor plight. Thus, some minds for ever keep trimming boat. Oh, ye foolish! throw all these thunder-heads overboard, and then you will float light and right.
Herman Melville Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYM, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Slate, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 186 times in crossword archives (1951–2024).