Definition of "hoe"

hoe¹

/həʊ/

noun
plural hoes
1. An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.
  Quotations
  It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe.
  2009, TRU TV, 28 March
verb
third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed
1. (transitive, intransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
2. (transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.

hoe²

/həʊ/

noun
plural hoes
1. (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
  Quotations
  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
  2003, Dan Harrington, The Good Eye‎
verb
third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed
1. (US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho (“to prostitute”).
  Quotations
  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

hoe³

/həʊ/

noun
plural hoes
1. A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.

hoe⁴

/həʊ/

noun
plural hoes
1. (Orkney, Shetland) The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.