hoisting

/hɔɪstɪŋ/

IPA: /HH OY1 S T IH0 NG/

verb

1
To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
2
To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
3
To lift someone up to be flogged.
4
To be lifted up.
5
To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
6
To steal, to rob.

noun

1
The act by which something is hoisted.
2
The behaviour of Javascript syntax which allows variables to be used before they are declared.

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