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hoe | prostitution |

As an adjective hoe

is .

As a noun prostitution is

prostitution.

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

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    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". ----

    prostitution

    English

    (wikipedia prostitution)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2013-07-29 , author =David Ingram (reporting for Reuters), Howard Goller & Bill Trott (editing for Reuters) , title = FBI arrests 150 in three days in sex-trafficking sweep , site = news.yahoo.com , url = http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-says-arrested-150-three-days-child-prostitution-154521080.html , accessdate = 2013-07-29 }}
    The FBI typically does not investigate adult prostitution', leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made child ' prostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips.
    Her addiction brought her to the point that prostitution was the only means she had to survive.
  • (by extension) Debasement for unworthy profit or motives.
    • The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.

    Synonyms

    * harlotry * oldest profession, world's oldest profession * whoredom

    Related terms

    * prostitute * child prostitution