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
Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Firefighters worked to stretch multiple hose lines to the home, while others searched the home and checked the upper floors for any extension of the flames.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
Heather Bien, The Spruce, 8 Apr. 2026
Then hose it down with a garden hose to fully wet the rug.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Maintain a mulch in the garden and use microsprinklers or soaker hoses to conserve water.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Firefighters worked to stretch multiple hose lines to the home, while others searched the home and checked the upper floors for any extension of the flames.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
Use a watering can or hose that sprinkles the water to evenly distribute it among the seeds.
—Heather Bien, The Spruce, 8 Apr. 2026
Then hose it down with a garden hose to fully wet the rug.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hose
Noun
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That’s what kept his head on straight in the trenches, even when his socks got bogged down with mud and soldiers flanked on either side of him caught shrapnel or pneumonia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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In 2024 a boot emerged from the ice, the sock engraved with Irvine’s name.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The global economy and consumers everywhere Consumers across the world are already getting squeezed by the impacts of the war.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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In a behind-the-scenes shot by Alex Bramall, Princess Charlotte is seen sitting in front of Eugenie, laughing so hard her eyes are squeezed shut.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Irwin also noted that one reviewer compared the Airflow’s rounded front end to a human face covered with a stocking.—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
29 Apr. 2026
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Blindfolded again with my bloody stockings, and with my wrists and ankles bound, I was dragged out and deposited in the trunk of a vehicle.—
Shelly Kittleson,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This scene stings with recognition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Captain Ethan Ampadu is one of the survivors of that stinging 2024 play-off final defeat.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Orion capsule will be returned to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for additional study following the mission — but before it was plucked from the ocean, the divers managed to capture images of the capsule and its heat shield underwater.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Vikings also plucked Ryan Van Demark as a restricted free agent from the Buffalo Bills.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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If Miranda Priestly can get thrown in steerage, we’re all screwed.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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But that doesn’t mean working people aren’t getting screwed.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Fred, their oldest surviving child, was suspended from Princeton for cheating, then caught embezzling from his Seattle employer to feed, Church suspected, a gambling habit.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Venezuela contends the Americans and Europeans conspired to cheat their country out of the land.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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All have at least made it to the moon, although only Firefly’ lander stuck its landing successfully.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Get him to smell that ocean breeze, stick his feet in the sand — really relax.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Hose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hose. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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