haw

4 ENTRIES FOUND:

4haw

verb

Definition of HAW

intransitive verb
1
: to utter the sound represented by haw <hemmed and hawed before answering>
2
: equivocate <the administration hemmed and hawed over the students' demands>

Origin of HAW

imitative
First Known Use: 1632

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