Definitions for foist
fɔɪstfoist

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foistverb

   to force onto another

   "He foisted his work on me"

2. foistverb

   insert surreptitiously or without warrant

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foistnoun

   A thief or pickpocket.

2. foistverb

   To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.

3. foistverb

   To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit.

4. foistverb

   To pass off as genuine or worthy.

5. Etymology: Probably from obsolete vuisten, from vuysten, from vuyst; akin to Old English fyst.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Foistverb

   To insert by forgery.

   Etymology: fausser, French.

   Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in abuses and corruption, an archdeacon was appointed to take account of their doings. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwal.

   Forge law, and foist it into some by-place
   Of some old rotten roll. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foist

   The fusta or fuste (also called foist) was a narrow, light and fast ship with shallow draft, powered by both oars and sail—in essence a small galley. It typically had 12 to 18 two-man rowing benches on each side, a single mast with a lateen (triangular) sail, and usually carried two or three guns. The sail was used to cruise and save the rowers’ energy, while the oars propelled the ship in and out of harbor and during combat. The fusta was the favorite ship of the North African corsairs of Salé and the Barbary Coast. Its speed, mobility, capability to move without wind, and its ability to operate in shallow water—crucial for hiding in coastal waters before pouncing on a passing ship—made it ideal for war and piracy. It was mainly with fustas that the Barbarossa brothers, Baba Aruj and Khair ad Din, carried out the Ottoman conquest of North Africa and the rescue of Mudéjars and Moriscos from Spain after the fall of Granada, and that they and the other North African corsairs used to wreak terror upon Christian shipping and the islands and coastal areas of the Mediterranean in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Portuguese used this vessel extensively in the 15th and 16th century in north-Africa as well, and introduced it to the Indian Ocean where it was especially suitable for patrolling and raiding in shallow coastal and river waters. In 1535, Portuguese navigator Diogo Botelho Pereira sailed a fusta from India back to Portugal.

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1. foist

   Foist is a verb that generally means to impose an unwelcome or unnecessary thing or person on someone, often by trickery or manipulation. It can also refer to passing off something fake or counterfeit as genuine or valuable.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Foistnoun

   a light and fast-sailing ship

2. Foistverb

   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

3. Foistnoun

   a foister; a sharper

4. Foistnoun

   a trick or fraud; a swindle

5. Etymology: [OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis cudgel. Cf. 1st Fust.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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).—n. Foist′er. [Prob. Dut. prov. vuisten, to take in the hand; vuist, fist.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FOIST

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Foist is ranked #66754 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Foist surname appeared 296 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Foist.
   
   93.2% or 276 total occurrences were White.
   2.3% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Impose
   • Insert

How to pronounce foist?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foist in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=foist
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foist
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=foist
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foist
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foist
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=foist
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html