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haw
1[ haw ]
verb (used without object)
- to utter a sound representing a hesitation or pause in speech.
noun
- a sound or pause of hesitation. Compare hem 2( def 3 ).
haw
2[ haw ]
interjection
- (used as a word of command to a horse or other draft animal, usually directing it to turn to the left.)
verb (used with or without object)
- to turn or make a turn to the left:
The horse refused to haw.
haw
3[ haw ]
noun
- the fruit of the Old World hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, or of other species of the same genus.
- the hawthorn.
haw
4[ haw ]
noun
- the thin, protective membrane at the inner corner of the lower eyelid of a horse, dog, etc.; nictitating membrane.
Haw.
5abbreviation for
- Hawaii.
haw
1/ 丑蓴藧 /
noun
- the round or oval fruit (a pome) of the hawthorn, usually red or yellow, containing one to five seeds
- another name for hawthorn
haw
2/ 丑蓴藧 /
noun
- an inarticulate utterance, as of hesitation, embarrassment, etc; hem
verb
- intr to make this sound
- hem and haw or hum and hawSee hem 2
haw
3/ 丑蓴藧 /
noun
- archaic.a yard or close
haw
4/ 丑蓴藧 /
noun
- the nictitating membrane of a horse or other domestic animal
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of haw1
Origin of haw2
Origin of haw3
Origin of haw4
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of haw1
Origin of haw2
Origin of haw3
Origin of haw4
Idioms and Phrases
see hem and haw .Example Sentences
There鈥檚 not much hemming and hawing over the dilemma.
Invariably, Mitchell said, 鈥渢he guy would hem and haw,鈥 then opt for treatment.
I was hemming and hawing if I should even put this in because I hate to blow up a spot.
The goal was to just put a period on that phase of their life and just say, 鈥淓nough of the hemming and hawing. We鈥檙e walking forward either way.鈥
And they're hemming and hawing and saying, what if they use it as .
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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