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The answer HOIST has 280 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of hoist in various dictionaries:
noun - lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
verb - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
verb - move from one place to another by lifting
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Raise |
| Dumbwaiter, essentially |
| Use a block and tackle |
| Crane |
| Raise, as a flag |
| Lifting apparatus |
| Davit |
| Lifting device |
| Derricks do it |
| Use a block and tackle, e.g. |
| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| It means to raise something mechanically, like a flag |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew is pulling up a punching bag.) As a verb, it means "to lift"; as a noun, it's an assembly of pulleys to lift heavy objects |
| As a verb, this word means to raise a flag; as a noun, it's the edge of a flag that's next to the staff |
| The halyard is the rope used to do this to a flag on a flagpole |
| Let's "H_I_T" the bar & do this, meaning to lift, a few beers |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects |
| Nautical A group of flags raised together as a signal. |
| To raise to one's mouth in order to drink: hoist a few beers. |
| Nautical The height or vertical dimension of a flag or of any square sail other than a course. |
| The act of hoisting a lift. |
| An apparatus for lifting heavy or cumbersome objects. |
| To become raised or lifted. |
| To raise or haul up with or as if with the help of a mechanical apparatus. See Synonyms at lift. |
| to lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine: |
| to raise a flag to the top of a pole using a rope |
| Hoist might refer to |
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* Hoist (device), a machine for lifting loads * Hoist controller, a machine for raising and lowering goods or personnel by means of a cable * Hydraulic hooklift hoist, another machine * Hoist (mining), another machine * Hoist (flag), the half of a flag nearer to the flagpole * Hoist (album), by Phish * Hoist (Transformers), a toy and fictional character * USS Hoist (ARS-40), a Bolster class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II * Hoist (motion), a parliamentary procedure used in Canadian legislative bodies * Patient lift, for lifting people * Outliner, filter for viewing* |