Definition of foist Foist
/fษjหst/ - [foyst] - foist
We found 12 definitions of foist from 5 different sources.
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What does foist mean?
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| foist - insert surreptitiously or without warrant | ||
| inclose, stick in, enclose, insert, put in, introduce surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" | ||
| foist - to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me" | ||
| inflict, impose, bring down, visit impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ๐
- foist (n.)
A light and fast-sailing ship. - foist (v. t.)
To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in. - foist (n.)
A foister; a sharper. - foist (n.)
A trick or fraud; a swindle.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary ๐
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foist
foist, v.t. to bring in by stealth: to insert wrongfully: to pass off as genuine (with in or into before the thing affected, and upon before the person).โn. Foistโฒer. [Prob. Dut. prov. vuisten, to take in the hand; vuist, fist.]
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๐ค- foist, verb, present, 1st person singular of foist (infinitive).
- foist, verb (infinitive).
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