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noun
1.
2.
any of various implements of similar form, as for mixing plaster or mortar.
verb (used with object)
3.
to dig, scrape, weed, cultivate, etc., with a hoe.
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verb (used without object)
4.
to use a hoe.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English howe < Old French houe < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch houwe, Old High German houwa mattock; akin to hew
1325–75; Middle English howe < Old French houe < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch houwe, Old High German houwa mattock; akin to hew
Related forms
ho·er, noun
hoe·like, adjective
un·hoed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
hoe
1363, from O.Fr. houe (12c.), from Frank. *hauwa (cf. O.H.G. houwa "hoe, mattock, pick-axe"), related to O.E. heawan "to cut" (see hew). The verb is first recorded c.1430. Hoe-cake, 1745, Amer.Eng., was said originally to have been baked on the broad thin blade of a cotton-field
EXPANDhoe. Hoedown "noisy dance" first recorded 1841, probably from perceived parallel of dance motions to those of farm chores.
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"As to dancing, no Long-Island negro could shuffle you 'double trouble,' or 'hoe corn and dig potatoes' more scientifically." [Washington Irving, "Salmagundi," March 7, 1807]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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