All hosing synonyms
hosΒ·ing
H h verb hosing
- douse β to plunge into water or the like; drench: She doused the clothes in soapy water.
- clean β Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- wet β moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- steep β having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
- rinse β to wash lightly, as by pouring water into or over or by dipping in water: to rinse a cup.
- immerse β to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- mislead β to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- fleece β the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
- hoodwink β to deceive or trick.
- delude β If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
- bilk β To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it.
- dupe β duplicate.
- trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- defraud β If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- swindle β to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- beguile β If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- skin β the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- milk β cow's milk for food
- screw β a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- gouge β a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- diddle β If someone diddles you, they take money from you dishonestly or unfairly.
- snow β Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905β80, English novelist and scientist.
- shuck β a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- cozen β to cheat or trick (someone)
- finagle β to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- bamboozle β To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- sucker β a person or thing that sucks.
- burn β If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- short β having little length; not long.
- two-time β to be unfaithful to (a lover or spouse).
- gyp β a male college servant, as at Cambridge and Durham.
- bleed β When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
- shaft β a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- rook β one of two pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.
- stiff β rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- fudge β a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
- chisel β A chisel is a tool that has a long metal blade with a sharp edge at the end. It is used for cutting and shaping wood and stone.
- sandbag β a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
- caboodle β a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
- bunco β a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- fool β to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- cheat β When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- gull β a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
- steal β to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
- swab β a large mop used on shipboard for cleaning decks, living quarters, etc.
- douche β a jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity for medicinal or hygienic purposes.