Hoe
WordNet
noun
(1) A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
verb
(2) Dig with a hoe
"He is hoeing the flower beds"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From from . Possibly through .
Noun
- An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.
- "It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe." (TRU TV, 28 March 2009)
Verb
- 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.
Etymology 2
An eye dialect corruption of , from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of Ebonics.
Noun
- 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
Verb
- 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