FOIST


Meaning of FOIST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfȯist ]

transitive verb

Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to take into one's hand, from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst fist; akin to Old English fȳst fist

Date: circa 1587

1.

a. : to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant

b. : to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit

2. : to pass off as genuine or worthy

foist costly and valueless products on the public — Jonathan Spivak

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.