hoe
Chops dirt, weeds
A hoe is a garden tool with a flat blade on a long handle, used for weeding and breaking soil: She used a hoe to clear the vegetable bed.
As slang, hoe is an alternate spelling of ho, meaning prostitute or promiscuous woman: She called her a hoe.
The spelling overlap creates jokes and confusion.
The garden tool is innocent; the slur is vulgar.
Ground matter for planting
- weedUninvited plant
- cultivateGrow or develop purposefully
- tillRegister drawer for money
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
row · bed · crop · seedling · plant · harvest · sow · garden
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- drudgeryHard, boring work
grind · backbreaking · manual · physical · fieldwork · work · task · muscle
Flat-bladed digging implement
- shovelTool for moving earth
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- rakeTined yard implement
- mattockTwo-bladed digging implement
pickaxe · cultivator · weeder · edger · fork · digging · blade · handle
Choreographed folk gathering
- barn danceRural social with music
- folkRegular common people
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- callerOne who phones
do-si-do · swing · partner · country · Appalachian · bluegrass · reel · jig
Slur against promiscuity
- skankPromiscuous or disreputable person
- trampWandering homeless person
- trollopPromiscuous woman, derogatory
- strumpetPromiscuous woman, archaic
floozy · jezebel · wench · promiscuous · derogatory · insult · disrespect · objectify
soil
Ground matter for planting
furrow · row · bed · crop · seedling · plant · harvest · sow · garden · vegetable
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
drudgery · grind · backbreaking · manual · physical · fieldwork · work · task · muscle · fatigue
spade
Flat-bladed digging implement
mattock · pickaxe · cultivator · weeder · edger · fork · digging · blade · handle · garden
square dance
Choreographed folk gathering
- barn danceRural social with music
- folkRegular common people
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
caller · do-si-do · swing · partner · country · Appalachian · bluegrass · reel · jig · stomp
slut
Slur against promiscuity
- skankPromiscuous or disreputable person
- trampWandering homeless person
- trollopPromiscuous woman, derogatory
strumpet · floozy · jezebel · wench · promiscuous · derogatory · insult · disrespect · objectify · shame
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- digging toolsshovel, spade, pickaxe, mattock, trowel
- farm toolspitchfork, rake, shovel, plow, scythe
- farmsteadfarmhouse, barn cat, farm cat, farm dog, farmyard
- garden toolshand trowel, trowel, rake, spade, garden fork
- Old Farmingplowing, harvesting, sowing, threshing, winnowing
- hard row to hoePersistent difficult endeavor
- tough row to hoeDaunting task ahead
- row to hoeChallenging task ahead
- hoe downRural dance gathering
- long row to hoeDemanding extended effort
- garden hoeTool for breaking soil