hose

Plural: hosen, hoses

Noun

Stockings or socks, often covering the leg.
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.

Verb

Verb Forms: hosed, hosing, hoses

To spray or drench with water, typically from a hosepipe.
water with a hose
- "hose the lawn"
To water or spray with a hose.
To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
To deliver using a hose.
To provide with hose (garment)
To trick or deceive.
To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.
To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.

Examples

I managed to play HOSE, but my other tiles felt like a run in my best hosiery.
My opponent tried to hose down my scoring opportunities, but I found an opening.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
Cognate with West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”); also, Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky.

Synonyms

hose down, hosepipe, hosiery

Scrabble Score: 7

hose: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hose: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hose: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

hose: valid Words With Friends Word