hosing

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UK/ˈhəʊzɪŋ/US/ˈhoʊzɪŋ/

noun

A spraying or washing with a hose.

OriginEnglish hose ← Middle English hose ← Old English hose →
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Meanings

hosing1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hose

hosing2

nounhosing (plural hosings)

plural hosings

  1. A spraying or washing with a hose.

    Newspapers spread around Soaking all that they can A cleaning is due again A good hosing down

    1989, “Paper Cuts”, performed by Nirvana

hosing3

noun
  1. archaicMaterial used for making hosiery.

    Their hosing, also, in the middle and northern parts of the Valley, is quite insufficient; being generally of cotton or silk […]

    1850, Daniel Drake, A Systematic Treatise, Historical, Etiological, and Practical, on the Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley of North America

Origin

hosing · verb

From hose + -ing (present participle ending).

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hosing · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-
  2. Proto-Germanic*husǭ
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hosā
  4. Old Englishhose
  5. Middle Englishhose
  6. Englishhose
  7. Englishhosing

From hose + -ing (gerund ending).

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hosing · noun

  1. Middle Englishhosinge
  2. Englishhosing

From Middle English hosinge, hosiinge, hosiynge, equivalent to hose + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hosing

closingposingopposingimposingsupposingdozingnosingglozing
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Anagrams

Higson
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APA

hosing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hosing

MLA

“hosing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hosing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hosing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hosing.

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