different between roister vs hoister

English

Etymology

From Old French rustre, from Latin rusticus. Doublet of rustic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????st?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /????st?/
• Rhymes: -??st?(?)
• Hyphenation: roist?er

Verb

roister (third-person singular simple present roisters, present participle roistering, simple past and past participle roistered)

1. (intransitive) To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.

   Synonyms: carouse, revel, riot

   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'
2. (intransitive) To walk with a swaying motion.

   Synonym: swagger

Alternative forms

• royster (archaic)

Derived terms

• roisterer
• roisterous
• roisterously

Noun

roister (plural roisters)

1. (archaic) A roisterer.
   • 1839, The New Monthly Magazine (page 411)

     The youth who had joined the roisters, was apparently about eighteen […]

Alternative forms

• royster (archaic)

Anagrams

• Storrie, Terrios, rioters, storier

English

Etymology

hoist +? -er

Noun

hoister (plural hoisters)

1. One who, or that which, hoists or lifts.
2. (Britain, slang) A thief.
   • 1931, The Police Journal (volume 4, page 504)

     In order better to appreciate the use of argot among thieves, a visit to a few public bars of the third-class public houses of Kennington or in the immediate vicinity of the Elephant and Castle would prove of great value, as hoisters, whizzers, tea-leaves, con-heads, broadsmen and brass nobs […]

   • 1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime? (page 92)

     Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]

Anagrams

• heriots, shortie, toshier