hoe
hoe Lexical Profile
hoe Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A derogatory slang term for a promiscuous person, often a woman; a variant spelling of 'ho'.
"The controversial lyrics of the song casually referred to women as hoes."
A long-handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade, used mainly for weeding, shaping soil, and harvesting root crops.
"The farmer used a hoe to clear the stubborn weeds from between the rows of corn."
• verb
To dig, scrape, weed, or cultivate soil using a hoe.
"They spent the entire morning hoeing the vegetable patch to prepare it for spring planting."
Word Nuance & Usage
In modern colloquial usage, 'hoe' is frequently used as a variant spelling of the derogatory slang word 'ho', though traditionally it refers strictly to the agricultural tool.
• Rhymes for hoe
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'howe', from Old French 'houe', of Germanic origin. It is related to Old High German 'houwa' and ultimately traces to a root meaning 'to hew' or 'strike'.
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