hose
English
Etymology
From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
Cognates:
Compare West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”). Compare Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həʊz/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊz/
- Rhymes: -əʊz
- Homophone: hoes
Noun
hose (countable and uncountable, plural hoses or hosen)
- (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.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 3:21:
- Theſe men were bound in their coates, their hoſen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were caſt into the midſt of the burning fierie furnace.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
- His youthful hoſe, vvell ſaved, a vvorld too vvide / For his ſhrunk ſhank, […]
- 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto First. The Castle.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza VIII, page 30:
- [T]wenty yeomen, two and two, / In hosen black, and jerkins blue, / With falcons broider'd on each breast, / Attended on their lord's behest.
Usage notes
Derived terms
Translations
flexible tube
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stocking-like garment — see tights
Verb
hose (third-person singular simple present hoses, present participle hosing, simple past and past participle hosed)
- (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
- (transitive) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
- (transitive) To deliver using a hose.
- 2003, Tony Hillerman, The Sinister Pig, →ISBN, page 57:
- He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.
- (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)
- (transitive) To trick or deceive.
- 2023 September 7, Adam Chandler, “Americans Should Feel Humiliated by Canadian McDonald's”, in Slate, archived from the original on 9 September 2023:
- Poutine? A better McMuffin? A bigger Big Mac?? We've been hosed.
- (transitive, computing, slang) To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.
- 2006 Spring, Joel Durham Jr., “Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI”, in Maximum PC, Future US, Inc., →ISSN, page 63:
- 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.
- (transitive, sports) To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.
Derived terms
Translations
to water or spray with a hose
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to provide with hose
to attack and kill somebody
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to trick or deceive
to break a computer
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hose, hosa, hosu, from Proto-West Germanic *hosā. Compare German Hose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔːz(ə)/, /ˈhɒːz(ə)/
Noun
References
- “hōse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.
Etymology 2
From hose (noun).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- hosso (dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Norse hosa, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ.
Derived terms
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hosā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxo.se/, [ˈho.ze]
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- leþerhose
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