Sock vs Hose - What's the difference?

sock | hose |

In transitive terms the difference between sock and hose

is that sock is to hit or strike violently while hose is to trick or deceive.

sock

English

(wikipedia sock)

Etymology 1

* From (etyl) socke, sokke, sok, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)

A knitted or woven covering for the foot

A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors

A violent blow, punch

A shortened version of (Internet) sock puppet

"For enemies near are enemies known though socks are a bother he feels at last not alone " RationalWiki

(firearms, informal) a gun sock

Derived terms

* bobby socks * knock somebody's socks off * sock hop * sock puppet

References

Etymology 2

* Unknown, but compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch"). (en)

Verb

(en verb)

To hit or strike violently

To deliver a blow

They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you. — James Jones

Derived terms

* sock away * sock in * sockdolager

Etymology 3

(etyl) soc, (lena) soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.

Noun

(en noun)

A ploughshare.

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hose

English

(wikipedia 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

Anagrams

* hoes * shoe English transitive verbs