Hoser

Quick meaning: Hoser is a noun meaning One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (Canada, slang) A person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment.
2. (Canada, slang) A person who hoses down a lake after a game of ice hockey, to return it to a smooth state.
3. (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.
4. (slang) One that hoses, i.e. hurts someone badly.
5. (slang, derogatory) A Canadian.

Example Sentences

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.”

[…] 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.

Word Forms

• hosers

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hoseman, hosier, hose, hoseline, hosepipe, hosehead.

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