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

  • (..) Good choice. Hi, Viktor. Supreme Grocer. The radicchio has been washed and sorted, and the spray hose has been tightly coiled. Very good. Now go upstairs and finish composting the wheatgrass tailings, okay? Yes, Supreme Grocer. (..)
    2012 The Dictator
  • (..) Allison, you may need to keep your voice down because... We've got a lot of customers. You may want to go wash up. Fine. Joteph, go and hose down my Crocs. I've done my labeneh all over the wellness center. Okay. The guy from the Lancaster (..)
    2012 The Dictator