hawing
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ
Verb
edithawing
- present participle and gerund of haw
Noun
edithawing (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 […]