backhoe
- Noun. A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of an articulated arm; drawn backwards to move earth.
- Noun. (chiefly, US) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted backhoe.
- Verb. To excavate using such equipment.
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