hoser

== English == === Etymology === From hose +‎ -er. The Canadian senses originally derive from hose (“to siphon gasoline from automobile gas tanks”), in reference to farmers who siphoned gas from farming vehicles; they were later reinforced by use to describe the players on the losing side of a game of shinny or hockey, who were required to hose down the rink to return it to a smooth state, and ultimately popularized in the 1980s by a sketch on the television show Second City Television, in which Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas played Bob and Doug McKenzie, who used the term as an insult for each other. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊzə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊzɚ/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhoːzəɹ/ Rhymes: -əʊzə(ɹ) === Noun === hoser (plural hosers) One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose. (slang) One that hoses, i.e. hurts (someone) badly. (Canada, slang) A person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment. (Canada, slang) A person who hoses down a lake after a game of hockey, to return it to a smooth state. (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. (slang, derogatory) A Canadian. Synonym: Canuck === See also === hosebag hosehead === Anagrams === hoers, H-O-R-S-E, shoer, shore, H.O.R.S.E., horse, Shore, RSeOH, Rohes, rohes, HORSE, shero, heros, Horse == Middle English == === Noun === hoser alternative form of hosiere