hoe1
  
  n.
 a long-handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade, used mainly for weeding.
v.
 (hoes, hoeing, hoed)
  - use a hoe to dig up (earth or plants).
 - 
(hoe in)
 Austral./NZ informal eat eagerly. 
▸
(hoe into)
 attack or criticize.
 
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. houe, of Gmc origin; rel. to hew.