hosing

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noun Slang.

an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.

an act or instance of being attacked or defeated decisively; drubbing: Small investors took a hosing in the recent stock-market decline.

Origin:
hose + -ing¹

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noun

a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.

( used with a plural verb ) an article of clothing for the foot and lower part of the leg; stocking or sock.

an article of clothing for the leg, extending from about the knee to the ankle and worn with knee breeches.

( used with a plural verb ) knee breeches.

( used with a plural verb ) tights, as were worn with, and usually attached to, a doublet.

British Dialect. a sheath, or sheathing part, as that enclosing a kernel of grain.

Golf. hosel.

verb (used with object)

to water, wash, spray, or drench by means of a hose (often followed by down ): to hose the garden; to hose down the ship's deck.

Slang.

to cheat, trick, or take advantage of.

to defeat decisively.

to reject.

Chiefly Military. to attack or assault (an area) in order to gain control quickly (sometimes followed by down ).

Origin:
before 1100; (noun) Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch hoos, Old Norse hosa, German Hose; (v.) Middle English: to provide with hose, derivative of the noun

Related forms

hose·less, adjective

hose·like, adjective

un·hosed, adjective

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World English Dictionary

hose¹ (həʊz)

—n
1.	a flexible pipe, for conveying a liquid or gas

—vb
2.	(sometimes foll by down) to wash, water, or sprinkle (a person or thing) with or as if with a hose

[C15: later use of hose²]

hose² (həʊz)

—n , pl hose, hosen
1.	stockings, socks, and tights collectively
2.	history a man's garment covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
3.	half-hose socks

[Old English hosa; related to Old High German hosa, Dutch hoos, Old Norse hosa]

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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.

Slang Dictionary

hose definition

n.
the penis. (Usually objectionable.) : He held his hands over his hose and ran for the bedroom.
tv. & in.
to copulate [with] a woman. (Usually objectionable.) : You don't like her, you just want to hose her!
tv.
to cheat or deceive someone; to lie to someone. : Don't try to hose me! I'm onto you!

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