Meaning

1 senses

  1. To excavate using such equipment.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. How could someone steal a backhoe?

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. I used to own an excavation business, and run backhoes.

    Joseph · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. You run that backhoe like a concert violinist plays a concerto.

    Joseph · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From back + hoe.

From back + hoe.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

backhoes, backhoeing, backhoed, backhoed
Base formbackhoe · to backhoe
3rd person singularbackhoes
Present participlebackhoeing
Past simplebackhoed
Past participlebackhoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybackhoe
he, she, itbackhoes

Past simpleLesson

all personsbackhoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave backhoed
he, she, ithas backhoed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill backhoe

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backgroundA2backhandbackingbacklash

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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