hose

²hose

verb

hosedhos·ing

Definition of HOSE

transitive verb

1

a : to spray, water, or wash with a hose —often used with down <hose down a stable floor> b slang : to fire automatic weapons at —usually used with down

2

slang : to deprive of something due or expected : trick, cheat

Examples of HOSE

1. <when the guy failed to return with our money, we sooned realized that we had been hosed>

First Known Use of HOSE

1889

Related to HOSE

Synonyms: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam, gaff, gyp, fleece [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize

Related Words: extort, wrench, wrest, wring; clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak; exploit, milk; deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick; rope (in); betray, bitch, double-cross; bamboozle, fast-talk

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