Hoisting

//ˈhɔɪstɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is hoisted.

    "Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing."

  2. 2
    The behaviour of JavaScript syntax which allows variables to be used before they are declared.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hoist form-of, gerund, participle, present

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wincha leg upboostbuoy upcarrycast up

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"Samled Inthavong had almost finished hoisting his family members into a boat when a building uprooted by the collapse of a dam upstream slammed into his house."

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