Hosename

• 1

  A surname.

• 2

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

hosenoun/həʊz/

• 1

  A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

• 2

  A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.

• 3

  historicalClose-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.
  • His youthful hoſe, vvell ſaved, a vvorld too vvide / For his ſhrunk ſhank, […]

hoseverb/həʊz/

• 1

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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.
  • Poutine? A better McMuffin? A bigger Big Mac?? We've been hosed.
• 6

  slangcomputingengineeringmathematicsTo 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

  hobbieslifestylesportsTo 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.