hemming
See also: Hemming
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛmɪŋ
Verb edit
hemming
- present participle and gerund of hem
Noun edit
hemming (plural hemmings)
- The act of saying "hem", 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 […]