foist
pronunciation
How to pronounce foist in British English:
UK [fɔɪst]
How to pronounce foist in American English:
US [fɔɪst]
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- Verb:
- to force onto another
- insert surreptitiously or without warrant
Word Origin
- foist
- foist: see fist
- foist (v.)
- 1540s, probably from Dutch vuisten "take in hand," from Middle Dutch vuist "fist" (see fist (n.)). Earliest sense was cheating at dice by concealing a loaded one in the palm of the hand with the intention of introducing it into play; general meaning "introduce surreptitiously, work in by a trick" is from 1560s. Related: Foisted; foisting.
Example
- 1. You can 't foist your ideas on me .
- 2. Don 't foist your standpoint on me .
- 3. He said that parents should not try to foist their values on their children .
- 4. He 's religious but he doesn 't try to foist his beliefs on everyone .
- 5. There are constant deadlines , apprehension about evaluation comes with the territory , and and projects are constantly being foist upon students that compete for their time .