Hoe

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
   alt-of, alternative, derogatory, slang
2. A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF995211).
3. A surname.
4. A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
5. The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
   Orkney, Shetland
6. Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials.
7. An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.
8. Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe.

Equivalents

53 more languages

العربيةالمعزقةخصينسكةمعزقة+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilitoxa

Българскимотика

BosanskičapaĆavarkapalampamotikaprašišapaмотика+ 5 more

Catalàaixada

Češtinamotyka

Danskhakke

Ελληνικάσκαπάνητσάπατσαπίζω

Esperantorastrosarkilo

Eestikõblas

Euskaraaitzur

Suomikimulikuokkakuokkia

Galegoaixadacavarlegónmarrasacharsacho+ 3 more

עבריתמעדר

हिन्दीकुदाल

HrvatskičapaĆavarkapalampamotikaprašišapaмотика+ 5 more

Magyarkapakapál

Հայերենբրիչ

Bahasa Indonesiacangkulpacul

Íslenskahlújárn

Italianozappazappare

日本語耨鉏鍬鎡+ 1 more

ქართულითოხი

Қазақ тілікетпен

한국어鉏鋤鎒鎡钁钃괭이호미+ 5 more

Kurdîçapahak

Latinaligomarraopuparastellussarculumsario+ 3 more

LëtzebuergeschHeel

Lingálaekongo

Lietuviųkaplys

Latviešukaplis

Македонскимотика

മലയാളംതൂമ്പമൺവെട്ടി

Bahasa Melayucangkulpacul

Maltilexxuna

Nederlandshakschoffelschoffelen

Polskimotyka

Portuguêsenxadaenxadarfacholo

Românăprăsisapă

Русскиймотыгамотыжитьразрыхлятьтяпка+ 1 more

Ikinyarwandaisuka

Slovenčinakopať

Slovenščinamotika

Shqipgërmojshat

СрпскиčapaĆavarkapalampamotikaprašišapaмотика+ 5 more

Svenskahacka

Kiswahilijembe

தமிழ்மண்வெட்டி

ไทยจอบ

Tagalogasadaasarol

Türkçeçapaçapalamakgedmen

Українськамотика

Tiếng Việtcuốc

Examples

“For their organic row crops, they do the weeding with hoes. They get⟳ in there often, but it goes fast, and the weeds never get⟳ ahead.”

“It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe.”

“The grading is on hold⟳. In the meantime, get⟳ that hoe over here and work⟳ on this utility trench. [Instructions issued to a worker who will operate⟳ a backhoe]”

“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”

“On the podcast, Gaines and his co-host Walter Weekes (Fresh), regularly refer⟳ to women as “hoes” or 304s (304 on an upside-down calculator looks like⟳ the word “hoe”).”

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