hose

Pronunciation: /həʊz/

The English word “hose” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

To water or spray with a hose.
To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
To deliver using a hose.
To provide with hose (garment)
To trick or deceive.
To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.
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.

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”). Cognate with West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”); also, Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká,…

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