<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.</li><li>Any of various implements of similar form, as for mixing plaster or mortar.</li><li>A small quantity (a spoonful).</li><li>A lure used in casting or trolling for fish, consisting of a bright spoon-shaped piece of metal or the like.</li><li>A club with a wooden head for hitting long, high drives from the fairway.</li><li>A curved piece projecting from the top of a torpedo tube to guide the torpedo horizontally.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To dig, scrape, weed, cultivate, etc., with a hoe.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To use a hoe.</li></ul>