Meaning

Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials..

Definitions by Sense

1. Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials.
2. (ambitransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
3. (transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
4. (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
5. (US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho (“to prostitute”).
6. A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
7. (Orkney, Shetland) The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.

Example Sentences

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.

to hoe corn

Then we split to the Cafe Black Rose / To party with some hoes

Fuck all you hoes. Get a grip, motherfucker.

[…] 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

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

Word Forms

• hoes
• hoeing
• hoed
• ho
• 'ho
• hough

Synonyms for hoe

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When Should You Use Hoe?

Use hoe when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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