hose

See also Hose, and hōse

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-Germanic *husōn (compare West Frisian hoas 'hose', Dutch hoos 'stocking, water-hose', German Hose 'trousers'), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu-s (compare Tocharian A kać 'skin', Russian кишка (kiška) 'gut', Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis) 'bladder', Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu- (“to cover”). More at sky.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /həʊz/, X-SAMPA: /h@Uz/
• Rhymes: -əʊz
• (US) IPA: /hoʊz/, X-SAMPA: /hoUz/
• Rhymes: -oʊz
• Homophone: hoes

Noun

hose (plural hoses or hose or hosen)

1. A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid, pl hoses.
2. A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights, pl hose or hosen.

Usage notes

• (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 1920's, hose refers mostly to women's stockings or pantyhose

Derived terms

• hose clamp
• hose clip

Translations

flexible tube

• Catalan: mànega (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軟管 (cmn), 软管 (cmn) (ruǎnguǎn), 水龍帶 (cmn), 水龙带 (cmn) (shuǐlóngdài)

• Czech: hadice (cs) f
• Estonian: voolik (et), lõdvik (et)
• Finnish: letku (fi)
• French: tuyau (fr)
• Galician: mangueira (gl) f
• German: Schlauch (de) m
• Greek: λάστιχο (el) (lásticho) n
• Irish: píobán (ga) m
• Italian: manichetta (it) f

• Japanese: ホース (ja) (hōsu)
• Macedonian: црево (mk) (crévo) n
• Polish: szlauch (pl) f, wąż (pl) m
• Portuguese: mangueira (pt) f
• Russian: шланг (ru) (šlang) m
• Serbo-Croatian: crevo (sh) n, црево (sh) n
• Spanish: manguera (es) f
• Swedish: vattenslang (sv)
• Telugu: గొట్టము (te) (goṭṭamu)
• Turkish: hortum (tr)
• Uzbek: shlanga (uz)
• Vietnamese: cái cuốc (vi)
• Zulu: ithumbu (zu) 5/6

stocking-like garment — see tights

Verb

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 9780711209886, page 83:

     Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.

2. (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)
   • 1834 July to December, Pierce Pungent, “Men and Manners”, Fraser's magazine for town and country, 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

3. (transitive) To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.
   • 2003, John R. Bruning, Jungle ace^[2], Brassey's, ISBN 9781574886948, page 136:

     His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.

4. (transitive) To trick or deceive.
   • 1995, Keath Fraser, Popular anatomy^[3], The Porcupine's Quill, ISBN 9780889841499, page 458:

     Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.

5. (transitive, computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.
   • 2006 Spring 2006, Joel Durham Jr., “Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI”, Maximum PC, Future US, Inc., ISSN 1522-4279, 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.

Translations

to water or spray with a hose

• Finnish: ruiskuttaa (fi)
• Persian: شلنگ (fa)

• Spanish: lavar con manguera (es)

to provide with hose

to attack and kill somebody

to trick or deceive

to break a computer

Derived terms

• hose down
• home and hosed

Anagrams

• hoes
• shoe