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hose

Definition

  • noun: a long, usually rubber tube that liquids or gases can flow through
  • noun: a cloth leg covering that sometimes covers the foot
  • verb: to spray or wash (something) with water from a hose
  • verb: to spray, water, or wash with a hose
  • usually + 'down' or 'off'
  • synonyms: hose cart, hose truck

Examples

  • At the end of the day he 'hosed down'/'off' the sidewalk outside his shop.

  • a 'fire hose' [=a hose used to spray water on a fire]

  • a 'garden hose' [=a hose used to water a garden]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Second most successful robbery: The Flamingo in ' . This guy actually tasted fresh oxygen... ...before they grabbed him. Of course, he was breathing out ofa hose for the next three weeks. Goddamn hippie. And the closest any man has ever come... ...to robbing a Las Vegas casino... (..)
    2001 Ocean's Eleven