Word.ws English Dictionary

hoe-bag

hoe-bag is the alternative spelling of ho-bag.

Meaning of ho-bag

Noun

ho-bag (plural ho-bags)

  1. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) A woman considered promiscuous.
    • As far as he knew, I was just a ho-bag who makes a habit of screwing random guys on golf courses.2001, Megan McCafferty, Sloppy Firsts, Three Rivers Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 132
  2. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) A term of abuse for an irritating or objectionable person.
    • So there’s someone bothering you, really getting on your case … If it’s a girl, you might call her a ho or ho bag. It stems from whore, but don’t get too literal. Use it in a variety of situations, such as: “God, my teacher’s being such a ho bag.” Or: “That girl is such a ho, look at her scrumpin’.”1989 February 13, Patti Thorn, “Slang defined: Wicked to weak”, in The Daily Nonpareil, 132nd year, number 44, Council Bluffs, Ia., →ISSN, page 5, column 1

Forms of hoe-bag

pluralhoe-bags

Questions about hoe-bag

What is hoe-bag the alternative spelling of?
Hoe-bag is the alternative spelling of ho-bag.

Words near hoe-bag in the dictionary

  1. hoe in
  2. hoe into
  3. hoe nightshade
  4. hoe nightshades
  5. hoe one's row
  6. hoe-bag
  7. hoe-bags
  8. hoe-down
  9. hoe-downs
  10. hoe-farming
  11. Hoeata

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hoe-bag (page history and authors); ho-bag (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “hoe-bag.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hoe-bag. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.