hoisted

verb

past tense of hoist
1
as in heaved
to lift with effort dockworkers hoisted all 164 barrels of molasses out of the ship's hold when it arrived in port

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2
as in lifted
to move from a lower to a higher place or position hoisted the flag on the flagpole

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3
as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form I have time to hoist a couple beers before heading home

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Recent Examples of hoisted The World Cup trophy was also delivered in a Louis Vuitton luggage case by Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz, while 1978 Argentina World Cup champion Mario Kempes hoisted it up for all the crowd to see. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026 Fellow sportsman Jannik Sinner hoisted the Wimbledon trophy with his go-to Rolex Daytona on his wrist. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 July 2026 As fans crowded around phones, McDonald and Kline hoisted the television so the watch party could continue - a small act of levity and camaraderie amid chaos. — Meredith Nierman, NPR, 17 July 2026 Host cities hoisted the flags of the visiting teams that were based there. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 If that were the case, the English and the Dutch would have hoisted the trophy at some point in the last 60 years. — Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 7 July 2026 Other heat alerts have been hoisted in the Southeast, in California and even in northern Alaska, where a forecast high of 80 degrees has prompted a heat advisory. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Rodriguez hoisted Dupri into a Torture Rack, but Dupri fought out of it for a sunset flip attempt. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Videos have gone viral on social media showing South Korea fans dancing with Mexicans, being hoisted into the air in celebration and wearing Mexico shirts. — Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoisted
  1. heaved
  2. lifted
  3. sipped
  4. raised
  5. gulped
  6. elevated
  7. drank
Verb
  • Serena looked down, heaved a sigh and hooked her knee around the pole before mustering up a halfhearted spin.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Fans fought in the streets, heaved bottles, smashed windows and shouted filthy insults in the melee, which left nearly 50 people injured.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
Definition of heaved
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  • These from Kenneth Cole have a square-toe silhouette and slightly lifted sole.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 16 July 2026
  • Noe’s wife lifted the smaller children onto the table; the larger ones got themselves up on cupboards.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of lifted
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  • As the two young women talked, the thirty-five-year-old man sipped the icemelt at the bottom of his glass.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Inside, Rodríguez Castro sipped an Aperol spritz, then moved on to a California red wine not on the menu.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of sipped
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  • The core interest aside from this being the final of a six-week long competition that only happens every four years is the country of Messi’s birth taking on the country that raised him.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • And that made his recent comments about former Blue Jays coach Don Mattingly especially noteworthy, as his departure for the Philadelphia Phillies has raised questions about whether the Blue Jays batting order can succeed without him.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of raised
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  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Definition of gulped
Verb
  • On top of that, cortisol, the body’s primary stress hormone, can be elevated during perimenopause.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026
  • The sandwich was herby and summery — a refreshing bite with the slightly acidic note of Morgana’s bread that elevated the bread well beyond anything from the store.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Definition of elevated
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  • The company behind the beer Sam Adams told NBC Boston its Boston Taproom ran out of Samuel Adams Boston Lager one weekend because of the Tartan Army, which drank four times as much beer as is consumed on a typical four-day weekend.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 July 2026
  • Instead, James drank wine, entertained recruiting pitches and served up a whole lot of nothing.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
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