Meaning

4 senses

  1. (historical, slang)A thief or pickpocket.

  2. Fustiness; mustiness.

  3. (obsolete)A type of light and fast-sailing ship.

  4. (obsolete)A cask for wine.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. I don't want to foist anything on you.

    ruЯ не хочу вам ничего навязывать.

    deIch will dir nichts aufdrängen.

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  2. Don't try to foist your ideas on others.

    ruНе пытайтесь навязывать свои идеи другим.

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  3. He foisted a bunch of hard work on me.

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  4. Domestic foes argue the so-called unity government lacks legitimacy and has been foisted on the country by foreign powers.

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Origin

Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten

Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”).

From Old French fuste (“stick, boat”), from Latin fustis (“cudgel”).

From Old French fust (whence also French fût), from Latin fustis.

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Forms

plural: foists
Singularfoist
Pluralfoists

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
pickpocketfustefusta

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfoisty

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
foiblefoilfoldB1folderA2folding
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