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scaring the hoes

scaring the hoes is the present participle and gerund of scare the hoes.

Meaning of scare the hoes

Verb

scare the hoes (third-person singular simple present scares the hoes, present participle scaring the hoes, simple past and past participle scared the hoes)

  1. (Internet, derogatory, vulgar, literal) To repel women.
  2. (Internet, derogatory, figuratively, vulgar) To act in a manner that alienates a valuable subsection of a group activity's participants who have less tolerance for aggressive, unusual, or extreme behavior.
    • Every time Alexandra tries to convince the electorate to institute a modest reform, Roberta scares the hoes by suggesting a more ambitious, complicated version of that reform.

Questions about scaring the hoes

What is scaring the hoes the present participle and gerund of?
Scaring the hoes is the present participle and gerund of scare the hoes.

Words near scaring the hoes in the dictionary

  1. scaring someone out of their wits
  2. scaring someone to death
  3. scaring straight
  4. scaring the daylights out of
  5. scaring the hell out of
  6. scaring the hoes
  7. scaring the life out of
  8. scaring the living daylights out of
  9. scaring the pants off
  10. scaring the shit out of
  11. scaring up

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