as in sock
a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg
a reenactor dressed like Benjamin Franklin in waistcoat, breeches, and hose
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as in to squeeze
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
when the guy failed to return with our money, we realized that we had been hosed
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Recent Examples of hose
Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Rinse thoroughly to wash away all soap with the hose.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Firefighters had to hose blood off the streets.
—Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Inline drip looks like long, narrow hoses with holes every six or 12 inches.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Rinse thoroughly to wash away all soap with the hose.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
Stop the ants using Terro or Advion bait stations, then hose off or scrape away the aphids, mealy bugs and scale.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Firefighters had to hose blood off the streets.
—Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hose
Noun
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Partway through the Holy Thursday Mass, twelve people take seats near the altar and remove their shoes and socks.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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The woman reaches into her left sock to pull out some cash.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Skiers and snowboarders trying to squeeze the last bits of winter fun from Colorado‘s meager snowpack will have one less option after this week, with Vail Resort set to close 11 days sooner than planned.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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The disruption has not only sent fuel prices soaring, but has squeezed supplies of petrochemicals needed to make everyday items like shoes, clothing and plastic bags.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 2024, archivists opened parcels from the Anne-Marie cargo ship, which was seized by the British Navy during the Second Battle of Copenhagen, finding a sweater, stockings, silver coins and other items from the ship.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The formula works on bare skin or through stockings or tights.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Anthropic leaks its code; Mercor stung by data breach.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Santos stung a volley from outside the box midway through the second half after juggling the ball with her knee, but Silkowitz dived to her right to push the ball wide of the post.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Ten miles away, members of the Navy's SEAL Team Six plucked the missing weapons system officer from the mountainside.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The United States pulled off a daring rescue of two aviators whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, plucking the pilot from behind enemy lines before setting off a complicated extraction of the second service member who hid deep in the mountains as Tehran called for Iranians to help capture him.—
Seung Min Kim,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As if she’d been presented with a tidy, screw-like riddle from the Sphynx.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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A lot of times, much of a Hollywood memoir is someone saying this person screwed me over, this bad thing happened, and so on.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The chat room was on fire, because Magnus Carlsen had lost to the kid—Hans Niemann—and then implied that Hans had cheated.—
Ben Mezrich,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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Most people would agree that cheating and planning a school shooting are hardly equal offenses, and Borgli doesn't totally stick the landing by sweeping Emma's past impulses under the rug.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The first film came out in spring 2020 when everyone was stuck at home during Covid.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2026
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But when one song is so dominant that everything else disappears in its shadow, the label tends to stick.—
Ryan Brennan
April 8,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Hose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hose. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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