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hoe¹
- /həʊ/ UK
- /hoʊ/ US
- /həʉ/ Australia
Sounds like ho · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe, from Frankish *hauwā, derivative of Frankish *hauwan (“to hew”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną. More at hew.
noun hoes
-
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.
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.
Similar: hand hoe
- Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe. 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]
verb hoes · hoeing · hoed
- To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool. to hoe the earth in a garden
- To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe. to hoe corn
hoe²
- /həʊ/ UK
- /hoʊ/ US
- /həʉ/ Australia
Sounds like ho · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From a non-rhotic pronunciation of whore.
noun hoes · ho · 'ho
-
Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
Then we split to the Cafe Black Rose / To party with some hoes
Similar: abandons, alley cat, almah, bangtail, Bankside lady, bargirl, bat, beotch, blouze, blowen, blowsabella, brass nail
verb hoes · hoeing · hoed · ho · 'ho
- Alternative spelling of ho (“to prostitute”). 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.
hoe³
- /həʊ/ UK
- /hoʊ/ US
- /həʉ/ Australia
Sounds like ho · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From Middle English hough, hogh, from Old English hōh.
noun hoes · hough
- A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
hoe⁴
- /həʊ/ UK
- /hoʊ/ US
- /həʉ/ Australia
Sounds like ho · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Cognate with Dutch haai (“shark”), qv.
noun hoes
- The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
Hoe⁵
Where it comes from
From Old English hōh (“heel; spur of a hill”).
proper noun
- A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF995211).
Hoe⁶
Where it comes from
Two main origins:
* A variant of Ho, a Vietnamese surname.
* An English habitational surname, from the village in Norfolk.
proper noun Hoes
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tiller, straddler, till, cultivator, mattock, spade, shovel, trowel, rake, adze, grubber, pickaxe, pick, harrow, plough, dibble
Translations
Every language
noun agricultural tool
| Español | azada, azadón, lampa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 괭이 gwaeng'i |
| 日本語 | 鍬 kuwa |
| 中文 | 鋤 /锄 chú, 鋤頭 /锄头 chútou |
| हिन्दी | कुदाल kudāl |
| Kiswahili | jembe |
| Português | enxada, facholo |
| Français | binette, houe |
| Deutsch | Hacke |
| Italiano | zappa |
| Ελληνικά | τσάπα tsápa |
| Română | sapă |
| Русский | тя́пка tjápka, моты́га motýga |
| Tiếng Việt | cuốc |
| العربية | مِعْزَقة miʕzaqa |
| עברית | מעדר má'der |
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title = {hoe},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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