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hoe

noun

  1. agricultural tool
  2. pejorative term used to describe a person (often a woman) considered sexually provocative
L14907 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. apply a tool to disturb the ground, for example to clear weeds
L14908 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /həʊ/ / /hoʊ/ / /hoʉ/

name

Etymology: Two main origins: * A variant of Ho, a Vietnamese surname. * An English habitational surname, from the village in Norfolk.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Cognate with Dutch haai (“shark”), qv.

  1. The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.

verb

Etymology: From a non-rhotic pronunciation of whore.

  1. 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.