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hose

  [hohz] noun, plural hose for 2, 3; hos⋅es for 1, 4, 5; (Archaic) hos⋅en  [hoh-zuhn] ; verb, hosed, hos⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
2. (used with a plural verb) an article of clothing for the foot and lower part of the leg; stocking or sock.
3. (of men's attire in former times)
a. an article of clothing for the leg, extending from about the knee to the ankle and worn with knee breeches.
b. (used with a plural verb) knee breeches.
c. (used with a plural verb) tights, as were worn with, and usually attached to, a doublet.
4. British Dialect. a sheath, or sheathing part, as that enclosing a kernel of grain.
5. Golf. hosel.
–verb (used with object)
6. to water, wash, spray, or drench by means of a hose (often fol. by down): to hose the garden; to hose down the ship's deck.
7. Slang.
a. to cheat, trick, or take advantage of.
b. to defeat decisively.
c. to reject.
d. Chiefly Military. to attack or assault (an area) in order to gain control quickly (sometimes fol. by down).
Origin:
bef. 1100; (n.) ME, OE; c. D hoos, ON hosa, G Hose; (v.) ME: to provide with hose, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
hoseless, adjective
hoselike, adjective
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ho⋅sel

  [hoh-zuhl]
–noun Golf.
the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
Also called hose.

Origin:
1895–1900; hose + -el dim. suffix
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Slang Dictionary
hose

  1. n.
    the penis. (Usually objectionable.) : He held his hands over his hose and ran for the bedroom.
  2. tv. & in.
    to copulate [with] a woman. (Usually objectionable.) : You don't like her, you just want to hose her!
  3. tv.
    to cheat or deceive someone; to lie to someone. : Don't try to hose me! I'm onto you!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

hose 
c.1100, hosa "covering for the leg," from P.Gmc. *khusan (cf. O.N. hosa, M.H.G. hose "covering for the leg," Ger. Hose "trousers"), lit. "covering," from PIE *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)). O.Fr. hose is of Gmc. origin. Sense of "flexible rubber tube for liquid" is first attested 1497. Hosiery is first recorded 1790, from M.E. hosier "hose-maker" (1403). The verb meaning "to water down with a hose" is from 1889.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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