Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buck hoist

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables
buck- hoist
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An external elevator, especially a temporary one up the side of a building that is under construction or repair.

Etymology

From Buck, the surname of American inventor Steward T. Buck, president of Buck Equipment Corp. Buck filed a patent for a "portable hoisting tower" in 1950 (approved in 1953), and the device was produced under the trademark "Buck hoist tower" or "HoisTower" from at least 1952 to 1975, when the company was acquired by Bil-Jax.

Inflected Forms

buck hoists (plural) buckhoist (alternative) buck-hoist (alternative)

Questions

What does buck hoist mean?
An external elevator, especially a temporary one up the side of a building that is under construction or repair.
Where does buck hoist come from?
From Buck, the surname of American inventor Steward T. Buck, president of Buck Equipment Corp. Buck filed a patent for a "portable hoisting tower" in 1950 (approved in 1953), and the device was produced under the trademark "Buck hoist tower" or "HoisTower" from at least 1952 to 1975, when the company was acquired by Bil-Jax.

How to pronounce buck hoist

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “buck hoist”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “buck hoist”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “buck hoist” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.