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Hoe vs Jawn - What's the difference?

hoe | jawn |

As nouns the difference between hoe and jawn

is that hoe is an agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows while jawn is something; any object, place or thing.

As verbs the difference between hoe and jawn

is that hoe is to cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool while jawn is obsolete form of lang=en.

hoe

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) howe, from (etyl) houe, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.
  • * 2009 , TRU TV, 28 March:
    • It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe .
  • The horned or piked dogfish.
    • Derived terms
    * backhoe

    Verb

    (d)
  • (ambitransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
    • 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.
  • To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
    • to hoe corn
    Derived terms
    * long row to hoe

    See also

    * mattock * pick * rake

    External links

    *

    Etymology 2

    From non-rhotic whore.

    Alternative forms

    * ho

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) A prostitute.
  • * 2002 , Eithne Quinn, Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap
    • […] 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
  • * 2003 , Dan Harrington, The Good Eye
    • 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
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Verb

    (d)
  • (US, slang) To act as a prostitute.
  • * 2003 , Da’rel the Relentless One, M. T. Pimp
    • 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.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.

    • Usage notes

    * Now used only in placenames e.g. "Plymouth Hoe". ----

    jawn

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (en verb)
    • (Marston)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, chiefly Philadelphia) Something; any object, place or thing.
  • :Check out this jawn .
  • *2001 , Steve Jackson, "Takin it back B/W BEEF", rec.music.hip-hop [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.hip-hop/msg/c415feed930748c0]:
  • *:"Then I started thinking of the Scenario remix and was like yo, that jawn was just as good."
  • *2007 September 23, Jessica Pressler, "The Bar Car is Rocking" in New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/fashion/23boite.html?ref=fashion]:
  • *:"Just back from a tour in Australia, he was sitting at a table in the dining car with a group of friends that included members of the hip-hop groups Spank Rock and Plastic Little. 'This,' he said, 'is the jawn .'"
  • *2013 August 20, MK Asante, Buck: A Memoir (Spiegel & Grau) [http://genius.com/Mk-asante-buck-a-memoir-chap-1-annotated]:
  • *:"Jawn' can mean anything—person, place, or thing. Sometimes if we’re telling a story and don’t want people to know what we’re talking about, we’ll plug '''jawn''' in for everything. The other day I was at the '''jawn''' around the corner with the young '''jawn''' from down the street. We get to the '''jawn''', right, and the ngh at the door is all on his '''jawn''', not knowing I had that '''jawn''' on me. Man, it was about to be on in that ' jawn ."
  • (slang) A woman.
  • :Yo, you see that jawn , she bad as shit.
  • *1999 July 16, “da One and Only Jazzman”, “Re: RapCity: UnderHouston”, rec.music.hip-hop, Usenet ,[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.hip-hop/msg/edf3ed4e04932a25]
  • *:MY boi in NY, when he first came to Philly, used to tell me the philly jawns were easy.
  • *2005 , Krystle J. Nutter, Turned Out ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=5ehZ6HwispcC] iUniverse, ISBN 0-595-36207-9, page 1,
    • I had a few chicks that I messed around with but this one main jawn stuck out in particular.
  • *2006 , G. D. McCrary, Guerrillas in the Midst ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=QX5h8KeTbXMC] Papyrus & Pen Publishing, ISBN 0977068714, page 39,
  • *:“Who? The jawn sittin’ in the truck wit’ choo? I think I know her.”
  • *2009 , Asher Roth, I Love College ,
  • *:“When it comes to condoms, put two on, and tomorrow night, find a new jawn .”