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  • verb Present participle of hose.
  • noun A spraying or washing with a hose.

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Examples

  • "We've been through it before," Larry Morton said, recalling hosing down the roof of his home as flames danced along the edge of his property.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2009

  • I am on the rowing team's "Hose & Hike," which consists of piling into a van on a Saturday afternoon, drinking beer en route to a women's college, finding a friendly bed to sleep in (with some hope of "hosing" the young lass), and then waking up Sunday morning to hike up and down a mountain.

    Tom Matlack: Big Island: On Why Opposites Attract 2010

  • I am on the rowing team's "Hose & Hike," which consists of piling into a van on a Saturday afternoon, drinking beer en route to a women's college, finding a friendly bed to sleep in (with some hope of "hosing" the young lass), and then waking up Sunday morning to hike up and down a mountain.

    Big Island: On Why Opposites Attract 2010

  • I wish the document used the opportunity this point presents of really "hosing" the Catholic Church for its responsibility for the divisions.

    Kicking against the goad Mike L 2007

  • I wish the document used the opportunity this point presents of really "hosing" the Catholic Church for its responsibility for the divisions.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Mike L 2007

  • But it is looking -- and you see them just kind of hosing this down with some kind of flame retardant.

    CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2007 2007

  • I am still "hosing" myself at your comment ... ha ha!!!

    News24 Top Stories 2010

  • Like MK, I was raised by my mama because my dad was the one doing the "hosing".

    Dlisted - Be Very Afraid 2010

  • And Atty Kesten is doing nothing but "hosing" this town for huge fees.

    News from www.thesunchronicle.com 2009

  • With traffic and temperature management measures such as hosing down sensitive parts of the bridge in summer, the agency still hopes to get up to 40 more years from the giant hollow box girder steel constructions added to the bridge in 1969.

    New Zealand Herald - Top Stories 2009

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