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English

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A US naval officer using a fire hose
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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.
Proto-Germanic *husǭ
Proto-West Germanic *hosā
Old English hose
Middle English hose
English hose

    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.

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    Noun

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    hose (countable and uncountable, plural hoses or hosen)

    2. (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
      Hyponyms: garden hose, fire hose, radiator hose, air hose, rubber hose
    3. (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
    4. (historical) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.

    Usage notes

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    • (garment covering legs) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by a doublet. By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments, stocken and breeches. Since the 1920s, hose refers mostly to women's stockings or pantyhose.

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    • → Gulf Arabic: هوز (hōz)
    • → Ulithian: hoos

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    Verb

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    hose (third-person singular simple present hoses, present participle hosing, simple past and past participle hosed)

    1. (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
      • 1995, Vivian Russell, Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny‎[1], →ISBN, page 83:
        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.
      • 2003, John R. Bruning, Jungle ace‎[2], Brassey's, →ISBN, page 136:
        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.
      • 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.
    4. (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)
      • 1834 July to December, Pierce Pungent, “Men and Manners”, in Fraser's magazine for town and country‎[3], volume X, page 416:
        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.
      • 1995, Keath Fraser, Popular anatomy‎[4], The Porcupine's Quill, →ISBN, page 458:
        Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.
      • 2023 September 7, Adam Chandler, “Americans Should Feel Humiliated by Canadian McDonald’s”, in Slate‎[5], New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 September 2026:
        Poutine? A better McMuffin? A bigger Big Mac?? We've been hosed.
    6. (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[6], 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.
    7. (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.

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    Danish

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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse hosa, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /hoːsə/, [ˈhoːsə]

    Noun

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    hose c (singular definite hosen, plural indefinite hoser)

    1. (historical, in the plural) stocking
    2. (humoristic) a sock

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    Middle English

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    Etymology 1

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      From Old English hose, hosa, hosu, from Proto-West Germanic *hosā. Compare German Hose.

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      Noun

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      hose (plural hosen or hose or (rare) hoses)

      1. Stockings or tights (often worn by men in the ME period).
      2. (in the plural) pants, trousers; hose.
      3. Armour or protection for the legs; armoured legwear.
      4. (rare) The bendable outer casing of grains.
      5. (rare) A bendable tube for liquids; a hose.
      6. (rare) A bendable tube acting as a trap.
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      Etymology 2

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      Verb

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      hose

      1. alternative form of hosen

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      Adjective

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      hose

      1. alternative form of hos (“hoarse”)

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      Adjective

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      hose

      1. inflection of hos (“hoarse”):
        1. weak singular
        2. strong/weak plural

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      Pronoun

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      hose

      1. alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)

      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Etymology

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      From Old Norse hosa, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ.

      Noun

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      hose f (definite singular hosa, indefinite plural hoser, definite plural hosene)

      1. (clothing) stocking
      2. (clothing)(dialectal) a sock

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      Old English

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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        From Proto-West Germanic *hosā.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈxo.se/, [ˈho.ze]

        Noun

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        hose f

        1. pant leg, stocking
        2. (in the plural) pants, trousers; see hosan

        Declension

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        Weak n-stem:

        singular plural
        nominative hose hosan
        accusative hosan hosan
        genitive hosan hosena
        dative hosan hosum

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