hoser
hos·er/ˈhəʊ̯zə/noun
hoser is spelled H-O-S-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (hos·er). It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hoser means “One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hoser is hosers.
How many letters and syllables are in hoser?
| Letters | 5: H-O-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: hos·er |
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hoser?
Hoser appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hoser?
- UK /ˈhəʊ̯zə/
- UK [ˈhəʊ̯zə]
- UK /ˈhɵʊ̯zə/
Hoser has 2 syllables, split hos·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-hoser.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hoser?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hoser from its last stressed vowel (/əʊzə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: horse, shore, shero.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hoser
- hosers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hoser mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.
- 2
slangOne that hoses, i.e. hurts someone badly.
- 3
CanadaslangA person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment.
- 4
CanadaslangA person who hoses down a lake after a game of ice hockey, to return it to a smooth state.
- 5
CanadaslangA 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
derogatoryslangA Canadian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hoser come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).