Hoe

Quick meaning: Hoe is a noun meaning Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

to hoe the earth in a garden

Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.

Fuck all you hoes. Get a grip, motherfucker.

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

Word Forms

• hoes
• hoeing
• hoed

Synonyms for hoe

Depending on context, synonyms include abandons, almah, bangtail, bargirl, bat, beotch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tiller, straddler, till, cultivator, mattock, spade.

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