Ho (interjection)
Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
“Sail ho!|Another boat is visible!”
“Land ho!”
“Man ho!”
Ho (interjection)
halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
Ho (noun)
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
Ho (noun)
A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
“Bros before hos!”
Ho (noun)
Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
Ho (verb)
To care, be anxious, long.
Hoe (noun)
An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.
Hoe (noun)
The horned or piked dogfish.
Hoe (noun)
alternative spelling of ho.
Hoe (noun)
A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
Hoe (verb)
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.”
Hoe (verb)
To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
“to hoe corn”
Hoe (verb)
alternative spelling of ho.