hawing
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 […]