English

A hoe

Noun

hoe ‎(plural hoes)

1. An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.
   • 2009, TRU TV, 28 March:

     It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe.

2. The horned or piked dogfish.

Derived terms

• backhoe

Translations

Verb

hoe ‎(third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.

   to hoe the earth in a garden

   Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.

   I always take a shower after I hoe in my garden.

2. (transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.

   to hoe corn

Derived terms

• long row to hoe

Translations

See also

• mattock
• pick
• rake

External links

• Hoe (implement) in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.

Etymology 2

From non-rhotic whore.

Alternative forms

• ho

Noun

hoe ‎(plural hoes)

1. (US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho ‎(“whore, prostitute”).
   • 2002, Eithne Quinn, Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap

     […] this chapter […] will […] explore why pimp (and hoe) characters, with their dramatic staging of gendered and occupational relations […] have taken such hold of the black youth imagination

   • 2003, Dan Harrington, The Good Eye

     At school they had been among the only couples that had not done “it” at the Pimp & Hoe parties that popped up occasionally at the dorm

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:prostitute

Verb

hoe ‎(third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)

1. (US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho ‎(“to prostitute”).
   • 2003, Da’rel the Relentless One, M. T. Pimp

     Pimpin’ came so naturally to MT when he and his sisters played pimp and hoe games that one of his sisters wanted to hoe for him when they grew up.

Etymology 3

From Old English hōh. Related to hough.

Noun

hoe ‎(plural hoes)

1. A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.

Usage notes

• Now used only in placenames e.g. "Plymouth Hoe".

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hoe.

Adverb

hoe

1. how

Related terms

• hoekom

Angor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoe/

Noun

hoe

1. water

References

• Robert Lee Litteral, Features in Anggor Discourse (1980), page 38

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u
• IPA^(key): /ɦu/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoe, from Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.

Adverb

hoe

1. how

Related terms

• hoeveel, hoe veel
• in hoeverre
• hoezeer
• hoedanig

Finnish

Verb

hoe

1. Indicative present connegative form of hokea.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of hokea.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of hokea.

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Fijian voce, Maori hoe).

Noun

hoe

1. oar

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Fijian voce, Hawaiian hoe).

Noun

hoe

1. oar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːә/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

hoe f ‎(definite singular hoa, indefinite plural hoer, definite plural hoene)

1. Alternative form of ho

Old French

Noun

hoe f ‎(oblique plural hoes, nominative singular hoe, nominative plural hoes)

1. hoe (tool)

West Frisian

Adverb

hoe

1. how (interrogative, relative)