ALL meanings of hosing
hos·ing
H h - noun hosing an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated. 2
- noun hosing an act or instance of being attacked or defeated decisively; drubbing: Small investors took a hosing in the recent stock-market decline. 2
- noun hosing Present participle of hose. 1
- noun plural hosing a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose. 1
- noun plural hosing (used with a plural verb) an article of clothing for the foot and lower part of the leg; stocking or sock. 1
- noun plural hosing an article of clothing for the leg, extending from about the knee to the ankle and worn with knee breeches. (used with a plural verb) knee breeches. (used with a plural verb) tights, as were worn with, and usually attached to, a doublet. 1
- noun plural hosing British Dialect. a sheath, or sheathing part, as that enclosing a kernel of grain. 1
- noun plural hosing Golf. hosel. 1
- verb with object hosing to water, wash, spray, or drench by means of a hose (often followed by down): to hose the garden; to hose down the ship's deck. 1
- verb with object hosing Slang. to cheat, trick, or take advantage of. to defeat decisively. to reject. Chiefly Military. to attack or assault (an area) in order to gain control quickly (sometimes followed by down). 1