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
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 15 May 2025
The entire house, which has a weight limit of 200 pounds, connects to a water hose for outdoor use on warm days, but can also be drained and used indoors.
—Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 12 May 2025
Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Vassallo suggests picking up solid waste like you would on natural grass and hosing down urine spots regularly.
—Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The company found that Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant changed the radiator hose stowage process during engine decking.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 15 May 2025
The entire house, which has a weight limit of 200 pounds, connects to a water hose for outdoor use on warm days, but can also be drained and used indoors.
—Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 12 May 2025
Verb
Last weekend, there was McKinstry, belting a double, slapping a single and hosing down a runner from left field as the Tigers swept the Baltimore Orioles.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Vassallo suggests picking up solid waste like you would on natural grass and hosing down urine spots regularly.
—Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hose
Noun
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So socks on carpeting will still likely be avoided entirely instead of being picked up (which is still better than being sucked up and clogging the robovac).—
Anthony Karcz,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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This year, their collaboration will launch a luxurious Delta One collection, which includes a Missoni bedding set designed for Delta, along with Missoni’s suite of amenities that include a refreshed Delta One amenity kit, custom socks, slippers and an eye mask.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
20 May 2025
Verb
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Hundreds of people squeezed into the Jewish Community Center in Boulder, Colo., for a vigil that featured prayer, singing and emotional testimony from a victim and witnesses of the firebombing attack in the city’s downtown, after a federal judge blocked the deportation of the suspect’s family.—
Colleen Slevin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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In some towns, utility poles were removed so the caravans could squeeze through.—
Angela Jackson,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Noun
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He was disguised with a knit stocking and sunglasses and carried a pistol, according to KHBS/KHOG-TV.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Honey wears stockings with seams and uses a rolodex even though her assistant (Gabby Beans) offers to digitize her operation.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
Verb
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Its allure is rooted in seeing the celebrity guest melt beneath the weight of hot sauce: Shaq’s eyes stung red with tears, viscera gushed from O’Brien nose.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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Recent history suggests that Republicans would take few lessons from even a stinging rebuke in the midterms.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
Verb
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The defending champion Philadelphia Eagles have drawn the blueprint on perpetually pouring resources into the front seven on defense, consistently plucking players from SEC schools and throwing them onto an assembly line of quarterback mashers.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Women dominate the lower tiers of tea labor, from plucking to packaging and remain vastly underrepresented in management, ownership, or policy influence.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Verb
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The responsibility and reasoning behind infidelity lie solely with the person who cheated.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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After reconciling, the former couple still faced several challenges, including cheating allegations and public social media fallouts.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
30 May 2025
Verb
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And while other candidates have brought up the allegations and hit at Cuomo's record, no one attack seems to be sticking, and polling shows that Cuomo remains the front-runner.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
4 June 2025
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Only a year ago, Google released AI Overviews, a search feature that told users to eat rocks and use glue to stick cheese to pizza.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2025
Verb
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Police officers, firefighters and service members hustled to unload carloads of diapers, car seats, clothes, toys, books and toiletries that residents had dropped off.—
Tammy Murga,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
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Neal Moritz was hustling the heck out of this from the jump.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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“Hose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hose. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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