hawing
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ
Verb[edit]
hawing
- present participle and gerund of haw
Noun[edit]
hawing (plural hawings)
- The act of saying "haw", in intermission or hesitation of speech.
- 1847, The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, page 285:
- Blushing and stammering, awkward pauses, hemmings and hawings, tremblings of voice, and confusion in all its shapes there were between them […]