hosing

Verb

hose (third-person singular simple present hoses, present participle hosing, simple past and past participle hosed)

1. (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
   • Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.1995, Vivian Russell, Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny, →ISBN, page 83
2. (transitive) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
   • His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.2003, John R. Bruning, Jungle ace, Brassey's, →ISBN, page 136
3. (transitive) To deliver using a hose.
   • He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.2003, Tony Hillerman, The Sinister Pig, →ISBN, page 57
4. (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)
   • The mighty mass of many a mingled race,
     Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase;
     The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed-
     Nose and eyes only to the day exposed1834 July to December, Pierce Pungent, “Men and Manners”, in Fraser's magazine for town and country, volume X, page 416
5. (transitive) To trick or deceive.
   • Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.1995, Keath Fraser, Popular anatomy, The Porcupine's Quill, →ISBN, page 458
6. (slang, transitive) To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.
   • There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry about hosing the registry for all eternity.2006 Spring, Joel Durham Jr., “Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI”, in Maximum PC, Future US, Inc., →ISSN, page 63

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