hoe
/hoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.25 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
noun
The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe."
- "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]"
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe, from Frankish *hauwā, derivative of Frankish *hauwan (“to hew”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną. More at hew.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hoʊ/
- British English: /həʊ/
Usage
- Transitive verb
- Derogatory
- Slang
- American usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.