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Alternative spelling of ho. To act as a 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.

To use the agricultural tool defined above

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

Alternative spelling of ho. A prostitute

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.

An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows
{v} to cut or dig up with a hoe, to weed
{n} a garden tool used to cut up weeds
(plural hos or hoes - black slang) A prostitute. (1960s: dialect pronunciation of whore)
{f} weed with a hoe; break up the earth with a hoe
a tool used to break up the surface of the ground
A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens
If you hoe a field or crop, you use a hoe on the weeds or soil there. I have to feed the chickens and hoe the potatoes Today he was hoeing in the vineyard. a garden tool with a long handle, used for removing weeds (=unwanted plants) from the surface of the soil (houe)
A garden tool calibrated so precisely that when stepped upon its handle rises swiftly up to mouth level, causing the gardener to say "Hoeeee!"
a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe
dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"
To act as a prostitute
A hoe is a gardening tool with a long handle and a small square blade, which you use to remove small weeds and break up the surface of the soil
To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn
To dig, scrape, or the like, with a hoe; also to control weeds or to loosen or rearrange the soil
The horned or piked dogfish
holographic optical element
{i} flat-bladed garden tool
A prostitute. this is sub-standard spelling
a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds
A cultivating tool with a blade mounted onto a long handle A variety of materials were used to make blades for hoes: chipped stone in the Middle Woodland and Mississippian periods, shell in the Late Woodland, and bison scapulae among the Historic Illini
It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle
sarcle
hoe cake
{i} flat cake made from corn meal
hoe handle
the handle of a hoe
Dutch hoe
A hoe, consisting of a loop of metal, that can be pushed or pulled for weeding
long road to hoe
Misconstruction of long row to hoe
long row to hoe
A difficult or arduous task

Raising three kids by himself is going to be a long row to hoe.

tough road to hoe
Misconstruction of tough row to hoe
tough row to hoe
A difficult or arduous task

Raising three kids by himself is going to be a tough row to hoe.

Robert; and Hoe Richard Hoe
born Oct. 29, 1784, Hoes, Leicestershire, Eng. died Jan. 4, 1833, New York, N.Y., U.S. born Sept. 12, 1812, New York, N.Y., U.S. died June 7, 1886, Florence, Italy Father and son, inventors. Robert immigrated to the U.S. in 1803. In New York City he cofounded a printing-equipment company and in 1827 introduced the cast-iron frame, which soon replaced the standard wooden frames used for printing presses. His improved version of the Napier cylinder printing press supplanted all English-made presses in the U.S. Richard joined the company in 1827 and became its head when his father died. He replaced the flatbed press with the first successful rotary press (patented 1847). He followed this innovation with the web press (1865) and the web perfecting press (1871), revolutionary improvements that made the large-circulation daily newspaper possible
Robert; and Hoe Richard March Hoe
born Oct. 29, 1784, Hoes, Leicestershire, Eng. died Jan. 4, 1833, New York, N.Y., U.S. born Sept. 12, 1812, New York, N.Y., U.S. died June 7, 1886, Florence, Italy Father and son, inventors. Robert immigrated to the U.S. in 1803. In New York City he cofounded a printing-equipment company and in 1827 introduced the cast-iron frame, which soon replaced the standard wooden frames used for printing presses. His improved version of the Napier cylinder printing press supplanted all English-made presses in the U.S. Richard joined the company in 1827 and became its head when his father died. He replaced the flatbed press with the first successful rotary press (patented 1847). He followed this innovation with the web press (1865) and the web perfecting press (1871), revolutionary improvements that made the large-circulation daily newspaper possible
hard row to hoe
difficult task, difficult job, difficult mission
hoeing
present participle of hoe
hoer
{i} one who hoes, one who works with a hoe
hoer
One who hoes
hoes
third-person singular of hoe
hoes
plural of hoe
long row to hoe
difficult task
hoe

    Hyphenation

    Hoe

    Turkish pronunciation

    Pronunciation

    /ˈhō/ /ˈhoʊ/

    Etymology

    [ 'hO ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe, from Old Low Franconian *houwa (cf. Middle Dutch houwe), from *houwan 'to hew'. More at hew.

    Tenses

    hoes, hoeing, hoed
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