Main Entry: foist

Pronunciation: \ˈfȯist\

Function: transitive verb

Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to take into one's hand, from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst fist; akin to Old English fȳst fist

Date: circa 1587

1 a : to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant b : to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit
2 : to pass off as genuine or worthy <foist costly and valueless products on the public — Jonathan Spivak>