'Foist' definitions:
Definition of 'foist'
(from WordNet)
verb
To force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
verb
Insert surreptitiously or without warrant
Definition of 'Foist'
From: GCIDE
- Foist \Foist\, n.
- 1. A foister; a sharper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Foist'
From: GCIDE
- Foist \Foist\ (foist), n. [OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis cudgel. Cf. 1st Fust.] A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Foist'
From: GCIDE
- Foist \Foist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Foisting.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in abuses and corruption. --R. Carew. [1913 Webster]
- When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'foist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bamboozle,
- barge in,
- beguile,
- break in,
- break in upon,
- burst in,
- butt in,
- charge in,
- cheat,
- come between,
- crash,
- crash in,
- crash the gates,
- creep in,
- crowd in,
- cut in,
- deceive,
- defraud,
- delude,
- drag in,
- dupe,
- edge in,
- elbow in,
- encroach,
- entrench,
- foist in,
- foist on,
- fudge in,
- gull,
- hoax,
- hoodwink,
- horn in,
- impinge,
- implant in,
- impose,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- infiltrate,
- inflict,
- infringe,
- inject in,
- insert in,
- insinuate,
- insinuate in,
- intercalate,
- interfere,
- interjaculate,
- interject,
- interlope,
- interpolate,
- interpose,
- intervene,
- introduce in,
- intrude,
- invade,
- irrupt,
- lay off,
- lug in,
- mislead,
- obtrude,
- overreach,
- palm,
- palm off,
- pass off,
- pass off on,
- pass the buck,
- play on,
- press in,
- presume upon,
- push in,
- push off,
- put across,
- put between,
- put off,
- put on,
- put over,
- put upon,
- run in,
- rush in,
- sandwich,
- shift the blame,
- shift the responsibility,
- slink in,
- slip in,
- smash in,
- smuggle in,
- sneak in,
- squeeze in,
- steal in,
- storm in,
- swindle,
- take advantage of,
- throng in,
- throw in,
- thrust in,
- trench,
- trespass,
- trick,
- unload,
- wedge in,
- wish,
- work in,
- work on,
- worm,
- worm in