Meaning

One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.
2. (slang) One that hoses, i.e. hurts someone badly.
3. (Canada, slang) A person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment.
4. (Canada, slang) A person who hoses down a lake after a game of ice hockey, to return it to a smooth state.
5. (Canada, slang) A clumsy, boorish person, especially an over-eating, beer-drinking man, or a man prone to petty infractions such as taking other people's food or drinks.
6. (slang, derogatory) A Canadian.

Example Sentences

[…] they found one of the neighbors hosing down the area. He was pretty resistant when the cops told him to turn off the hose. The hoser gave the cops a statement, […]

Membership [in early Russian fire departments] included the mayor, a retired general, a teacher at a school for artists, a merchant, at least sixteen duma members, and teams of hosers, climbers, and security guards.

All three of these are blue-hosers. Every color in Magic has cards specifically designed to hurt it. Against many of the hosers, you can't really do much; the best strategy is simply not to rely too much on a single color.

We bet you know lots of hosers, eh. And you want to help them not be hosers.

This brings me to the second, more interesting genre of Canadian TV drama, one focused on what can be summarized as “hosers, whores, boozers, and losers.”

As we laughed, we passed a table of scowling hosers and they gave our chortles an extra boost. They were beginning to come to terms with the notion that family resorts are not known for their abundance of poontang […]

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