Thesaurus results for HOSE

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noun

ˈhōz

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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verb

slang

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

Noun

Some shaggy buffalo drowsed in a patch of shade, and a hose fed water into a large puddle where a white goose paddled in tight circles. —

Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 Shelves sagged under thick plastic fertilizer bags in a riot of colors, bottles of chemicals, grass seed, grass feed, weed killer, soil supplements, fungicides, hoses, fertilizer spreaders, mite killers, stakes, weed netting. —

Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 14 May 2026

Verb

The instructions say it can be hosed dry, which is handy! —

Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026 Jarrett Allen was ineffective because of three first-quarter fouls, which Atkinson said hosed the Cavs’ rhythm and rotations. —

Joe Vardon, New York Times, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hose

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Noun

That single footlight at Williams’ feet came up as primarily illumination again and again (really making those green socks pop), while at other times there was a monochromatic effect that puts the singer on roughly equal footing with the rest of her band.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 15 May 2026
With a rock in a sock, Racine cleaves her own bloody swath down her father’s path, embracing her genetic destiny.

— Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026