hoe

Berbice Creole Dutch: ho

Jersey Dutch: hû

Negerhollands: hoe, ho, hue

From Middle Dutch hoe, from Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.


hoe

Hoe meer hoe beter!

Hoe eerder hoe beter!

(hoe ... hoe, hoe ... des te) the ... the, forms a parallel comparative


hoe

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

An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds.

From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe, from Frankish *hauwā (compare Middle Dutch houwe), from Frankish *hauwan (“to hew”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to cut, hew”). More at hew.


hoe

to hoe the earth in a garden

Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.

I always take a shower after I hoe in my garden.

(transitive, intransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.

to hoe corn

(transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.

en-verb

hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)

hoes (present singular third-person)
hoeing (participle present)
hoed (participle past)
hoed (past)


hoe

Then we split to the Cafe Black Rose / To party with some hoes

1973, “Spoon”, in Hustler's Convention, performed by Lightnin' Rod:

Fuck all you hoes.
Get a grip, motherfucker.

1994, 0:00 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:

[…] 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

2002, Eithne Quinn, Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap:

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

(slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).


hoe

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:

(US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho (“to prostitute”).


hoe

A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.

From Middle English hough, hogh, from Old English hōh.


hoe

Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias#Translingual

(Orkney, Shetland) The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.


hoe

inflection of hokea:
present active indicative connegative

second-person singular present imperative

second-person singular present active imperative connegative


hoe

From Proto-Polynesian *fohe, from Proto-Central Pacific *voce, from Proto-Oceanic *pose, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *boʀse, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay (“canoe paddle”).


hoe

Dutch: hoe

Limburgish: woe

From Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.


hoe

hoa (definite singular)
hoer (indefinite plural)
hoene (definite plural)


hoe

fro-noun

hoe oblique singular, f (oblique plural hoes, nominative singular hoe, nominative plural hoes)

hoe oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
hoes (oblique plural)
hoe (nominative singular)
hoes (nominative plural)

Of Germanic origin, probably from or related to Frankish *hauwan (“to chop”).


hoe

Probably from Norn høg or Middle Norwegian haa. Ultimately from Old Norse hár


hoe

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Horom.


hoe

khóc nhiều mắt đỏ hoe

to cry so much that the eyes become reddish

tóc hoe hoe


hoe

Perhaps borrowed from English ho (“a stop; a halt”).


hoe

From Old Frisian hū, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.