hose

To make non-functional or greatly degraded in performance. That big
ray-tracing program really hoses the system. See hosed. 2. n. A narrow
channel through which data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data
paths that represent performance bottlenecks. 3. n. Cabling, especially
thick Ethernet cable. This is sometimes called bit hose or hosery (play on
hosiery ) or etherhose. See also washing machine.

