hoe
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe, from Old Low Franconian *houwa (cf. Middle Dutch houwe), from *houwan 'to hew'. More at hew.
[edit] Noun
hoe (plural hoes)
- 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.
- 2009, TRU TV, 28 March
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agricultural tool
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[edit] Verb
hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)
- 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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to use the gardening tool
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[edit] External links
Hoe (implement) in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
[edit] Etymology 2
An eye dialect corruption of whore, from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of Ebonics.
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hoe (plural hoes)
- (US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho. A 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
- 2002, Eithne Quinn, Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap
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- See also Wikisaurus:prostitute
[edit] Verb
hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)
- (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.
- 2003, Da’rel the Relentless One, M. T. Pimp
[edit] Etymology 3
From Old English hó
[edit] Noun
hoe (plural hoes)
- A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory
[edit] Usage notes
- Now used only in placenames e.g. "Plymouth Hoe".
[edit] Angor
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- IPA: /xoe/
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hoe
[edit] Dutch
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From Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.
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hoe
- (interrogative and conjunctive pro-adverb) how
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[edit] Finnish
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hoe
- Indicative present connegative form of hokea.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of hokea.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of hokea.
[edit] Hawaiian
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From Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian voce, Maori hoe).
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hoe
[edit] Maori
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From Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian voce, Hawaiian hoe).
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hoe
[edit] Old Frisian
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hoe
[edit] West Frisian
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hoe
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