hoses English
Noun
(head)
Verb
(head)
(hose)
Anagrams
* shoes
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hose Noun
(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
(uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
(obsolete) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
* Bible, Daniel iii. 21
- These men were bound in their coats, their hosen , and their hats, and their other garments.
* Shakespeare
- His youthful hose , well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank.
Usage notes
* (garment covering legs ) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by a doublet. By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments, stocken and breeches. Since the 1920's, hose refers mostly to women's stockings or pantyhose
Derived terms
* hose clamp
* hose clip
Verb
(hos)
To water or spray with a hose.
* {{quote-book
, year=1995
, author=Vivian Russell
, title=Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny
citation
, isbn=9780711209886
, page=83
, passage=Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.}}
To provide with hose (garment)
* {{quote-magazine
, year=1834
, author=Pierce Pungent
, title=Men and Manners
, date=July to December
, volume=X
, page=416
, magazine=Fraser's magazine for town and country
citation
, passage=The mighty mass of many a mingled race, Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase; The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed - Nose and eyes only to the day exposed}}
To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.
* {{quote-book
, year=2003
, author=John R. Bruning
, title=Jungle ace
, publisher=Brassey's
citation
, isbn=9781574886948
, page=136
, passage=His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.}}
To trick or deceive.
* {{quote-book
, year=1995
, author=Keath Fraser
, title=Popular anatomy
, publisher=The Porcupine's Quill
citation
, isbn=9780889841499
, page=458
, passage=Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.}}
(computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.
* {{quote-magazine
, year=2006
, date=Spring 2006
, author=Joel Durham Jr.
, title=Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI
, page=63
, magazine=Maximum PC
, publisher=Future US, Inc.
, issn=1522-4279
citation
, passage=There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry about hosing the registry for all eternity.}}
Derived terms
* hose down
* home and hosed
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