haw
intjEtymology
From Middle English hawe, from Old English haga (“enclosure, hedge”), from Proto-Germanic *hagô (compare West Frisian haach, Dutch haag, German Hag (“hedged farmland”), Norwegian Bokmål hage (“garden”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰom (compare Welsh cae (“field”), Latin caulae (“sheepfold, enclosure”), cohum (“strap between plowbeam and yoke”), Russian кош (koš, “tent”), коша́ра (košára, “sheepfold”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣa, “curtain wall”)), from *kagʰ- 'to catch, grasp' (compare Welsh cau (“to clasp”), Oscan kahad (“may he seize”).
Definitions
An imitation of laughter, often used to express scorn or disbelief. Often doubled or…
An imitation of laughter, often used to express scorn or disbelief. Often doubled or tripled (haw haw or haw haw haw).
- You think that song was good? Haw!
An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like "haw"
An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like "haw"; the sound so made.
- Hums or haws.
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
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Fruit of the hawthorn.
A hedge.
Something that has little value or importance
Something that has little value or importance; a whit or jot.
- wele not leaue a man of lawe, Nor a paper worth a hawe, And make him worſe than a dawe, That ſhall ſtand againſt Iacke Strawe.
An instruction for a horse or other animal to turn towards the driver, typically left.
To turn towards the driver, typically to the left.
- This horse won't haw when I tell him to.
To cause (an animal) to turn left.
- You may have to go to the front of the pack and physically haw the lead dog.
The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane.
A disease of the nictitating membrane.
A topographic and patronymic surname transferred from the given name.
A river in the US state of North Carolina.
The neighborhood
Derived
gee and haw, haw-haw, hee-haw, hee haw, yaw-haw, yee-haw, gee haw whimmy diddle, apple haw, black haw, crimson haw, downy haw, Haw Creek, Haweater, hawthorn, haw tree, hog's haw, mayhaw, parsley haw, pear haw, possum haw, possumhaw, purple haw, red haw, rose haw, scarlet haw, Shawnee haw, summer haw, swamp haw, haw and gee, haw and gee about
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA