hosed

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hosed

  • /həʊzd/ UK
  • /hoʊzd/ US

Rhymes with -əʊzd

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of hose

adjective more hosed · most hosed

  1. not comparable Wearing hose. Satins and silks and hoséd legs they shew; / Rich streams of cane-distilled nepenthe flow.
  2. Ruined, messed up. “Weʼre having some internal communication issues. In fact, weʼre pretty hosed at the moment.”

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@misc{hosed_2026,
  title = {hosed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hosed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}