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hose¹

  • /həʊz/ UK
  • /hoʊz/ US

Sounds like hoes · Rhymes with -əʊz

Where it comes from

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”).

Cognate with West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”); also, Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky.

The clothing senses were the original meaning, from which is derived the sense of a tube for fluids.

noun hoses · hosen

  1. countable A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
  2. uncountable A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
  3. countable, historical, uncountable Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee. 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.

verb hoses · hosing · hosed

  1. transitive To water or spray with a hose. Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.
  2. transitive To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity. His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.
  3. transitive To deliver using a hose. He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.
  4. transitive To provide with hose (garment) 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
  5. transitive To trick or deceive. Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.
  6. slang, transitive To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content. 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.
  7. transitive 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.

Hose²

Where it comes from

* As an English, Scottish, and German surname, from the noun hose (“leggings”).

* Also as a German surname, from the Czech personal name Hos, shortened from Johannes, or from host (“guest”), see Hosack.

* Also as an English surname, from Old English hās, side form of hǣse (“underwood”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *haistr (“young tree”).

* Also as an English surname, variant of Howes.

* Also as an English surname, shortened from Hussey.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Clawson, Hose and Harby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7329).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hose down, hosepipe, tights, conduit, plumbing, drainpipe, flue, culvert, duct, channel, lever, rinse, socket, lifeline, lance, dope

Translations

Every language

noun flexible tube

Españolmanguera
한국어호스 hoseu
日本語ホース hōsu
中文軟管 /软管 ruǎnguǎn, 水龍帶 /水龙带 shuǐlóngdài, 水龍 /水龙 shuǐlóng, 水管 shuǐguǎn
हिन्दीनली nalī
Portuguêsmangueira, borracha
Françaistuyau
DeutschSchlauch
Italianomanichetta
Ελληνικάλάστιχο lásticho
Românăfurtun
Русскийшланг šlang
Tiếng Việtống vòi
العربيةخُرْطُوم مَاءٍ ḵurṭūm māʔin, خُرْطُوم ḵurṭūm
עבריתצִנּוֹר tsinór, קוֹלָח kolákh

verb to attack and kill somebody

Deutschjemanden angreifen und töten

verb to water or spray with a hose

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@misc{hose_2026,
  title = {hose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}