hose

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”). Cognates: Compare West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”). Compare Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky.

noun

1. (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
2. (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
3. (obsolete) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.

verb

1. (transitive) 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. 1995, Vivian Russell, Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny, page 83
2. (transitive) 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. 2003, John R. Bruning, Jungle ace, Brassey's, page 136
3. (transitive) 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. 2003, Tony Hillerman, The Sinister Pig, page 57
4. (transitive) 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 1834 July to December, Pierce Pungent, “Men and Manners”, in Fraser's magazine for town and country, volume X, page 416
5. (transitive) 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. 1995, Keath Fraser, Popular anatomy, The Porcupine's Quill, page 458
6. (transitive, computing, slang) To 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. 2006 Spring, Joel Durham Jr., “Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI”, in Maximum PC, Future US, Inc., →ISSN, page 63
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.