backhoe

or back-hoe, back hoe

[ bak-hoh ]

/ ˈbækˌhoʊ /

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noun

a hydraulic excavating machine consisting of a tractor having an attached hinged boom, with a bucket with movable jaws on the end of the boom.

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Origin of backhoe

First recorded in 1940–45; back¹ + hoe

Words nearby backhoe

back hack, backhand, backhanded, backhander, backhaul, backhoe, backhouse, backie, back in circulation, backing, backing dog

How to use backhoe in a sentence

During an archaeological excavation, the goal is to stop the backhoe before it hits a burial, so the archaeologists look for other clues that remains might be present.
To find answers about the 1921 race massacre, Tulsa digs up its painful past|Helen Thompson|May 27, 2021|Science News
The backhoe returned and began to scrape away at the soil layers.
To find answers about the 1921 race massacre, Tulsa digs up its painful past|Helen Thompson|May 27, 2021|Science News
As the backhoe dug deeper, wood fragments, glass, pottery shards and artifacts came to the surface.
To find answers about the 1921 race massacre, Tulsa digs up its painful past|Helen Thompson|May 27, 2021|Science News
A backhoe removed soil layer by layer, inches at a time, as archaeologists watched carefully for subtle changes in soil color and texture, and for any hint of a burial.
To find answers about the 1921 race massacre, Tulsa digs up its painful past|Helen Thompson|May 27, 2021|Science News

As backhoes and tug boats worked around the Panama-flagged Ever Given’s 400-meter-long hull on Thursday evening, experts began to tot up the economic and environmental ramifications of a protracted obstruction.
How That Massive Container Ship Stuck in the Suez Canal Is Already Costing the World Billions of Dollars|Joseph Hincks|March 25, 2021|Time
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy looked on as Pollard began to disinter the president with the backhoe.
What Became of JFK’s Gravedigger?|Michael Daly|November 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
First they set fire to a backhoe and a car, burning them to shells.
Who's Burning Palestinian Mosques in the West Bank and Israel?|Dan Ephron|December 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Leon drove the van down a dirt trail and stopped near the backhoe, which had finished its digging and was now just waiting.
John Grisham's First Short Story: Part Two|John Grisham|October 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Behind the church there was a cemetery, and at the far end of it a backhoe had just begun digging the grave.
John Grisham's First Short Story: Part Two|John Grisham|October 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST