hawing 1 of 2

noun

as in waiting

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hawing

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verb

present participle of haw
as in hemming

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawing
  1. waiting
  2. vacillating
  3. indecision
  4. hesitating
  5. delay
  6. dithering
  7. hesitation
  8. wavering
Noun
  • Ohioans voted in favor of a similar amendment in 2023, but state Republicans keep passing bills that enact further restrictions, like a 24-hour waiting period.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • There is no fresh food, either, or access to adequate medicine, or clean water; the water that runs from the spigot and into the girl’s waiting bucket is cloudy and contaminated.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Definition of waiting
Verb
  • That has had a ripsaw effect on Musk, who is now vacillating between being the world’s first active trillionaire and the world’s first former-trillionaire.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 July 2026
  • Legally an adult but still a teenager and finding your footing in the world, vacillating between feeling invincible and feeling minuscule.
    — Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 21 June 2026
Definition of vacillating
Noun
  • The gratuitous act obliterates both his self-image and his indecision, sparking not just a split with Irène but a total rupture with the social fabric of his present life.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • Changing an opinion without evidence may be indecision, but changing it because the facts, valuation, or probability of success have shifted is discipline.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of indecision
Verb
  • The book does often feel like a recording of a mental jam session, but there is also a sense of being guided by a kind of hesitating yet urgent voice that needs to get things figured out.
    — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
  • While their rivals started spending significant sums of money as soon as the 2024-25 season finished, Spurs wasted a couple of weeks hesitating about the long-term future of then head coach Ange Postecoglou before replacing him with Thomas Frank.
    — David Ornstein, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Definition of hesitating
Noun
  • That delay is reportedly due to the model’s coding capabilities, in particular, were short of internal expectations.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • Odysseus even implies that his delay in getting home might have as much to do with a guilty conscience as with intervening gods or the enchanting sorceress named Calypso.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of delay
Verb
  • Besides, the rare earth industry is so cost-intensive that Lynas is even dithering on its new Texas facility despite the hundreds of millions secured from the Department of War.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Neither of them is going to sit around dithering.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of dithering
Noun
  • Ndoye didn't shoot on his first touch of the ball, though, and that slight hesitation to control the ball and gather for a shot left just enough time for Argentina to swoop in to block the shot.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
  • Every moment of hesitation risks a delay in medical treatment or gives a suspect extra time to escape.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Definition of hesitation
Verb
  • But after posting their best quarter on record, chipmakers are wavering.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
  • But fans are wavering with Eli Raridon off to the NFL, even with Cooper Flanagan returning and five-star freshman Ian Premer enrolling.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of wavering
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“Hawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawing. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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