hoe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Related terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Alternative spellings 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.3.3 Verb 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adverb 2.2.1 Related terms 3 Finnish 3.1 Verb 4 Hawaiian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Maori 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: hō, IPA: /həʊ/, SAMPA: /h@U/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

[edit] Homophones

• ho

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French hoe from Old High German term+goh. Possibly through hew.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Related terms

• backhoe

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[edit] Verb

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

1. To use the agricultural tool defined above.

   Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.

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

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[edit] See also

• mattock
• pick
• rake

[edit] Etymology 2

An eye dialect corruption of whore, from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of Ebonics.

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• ho

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hoe (plural hoes)

1. (US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho. A prostitute.
   • 2004, 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

   • 2006, 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

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• See also Wikisaurus:prostitute

[edit] Verb

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

1. (US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho. To act as a 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.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /hu/
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[edit] Adverb

hoe

1. (interrogative and conjunctive pro-adverb) how

[edit] Related terms

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

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Hawaiian

[edit] Etymology

Compare Maori hoe.

[edit] Noun

hoe

1. oar

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[edit] Maori

[edit] Etymology

Compare Hawaiian hoe.

[edit] Noun

hoe

1. oar