Haw Definition

hawed, hawing, haws
noun
haws
An utterance used by a speaker who is fumbling for words.
American Heritage
The berry of the hawthorn.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A hawthorn or similar tree or shrub.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
hawed, hawing, haws
To fumble in speaking.
American Heritage
To turn to the left.
Webster's New World
To turn to the left.
American Heritage
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
Wiktionary
interjection
(used as) A command to a horse, ox, etc., meaning “turn to the left”
Webster's New World
(used to suggest) The sound a speaker often makes when hesitating briefly.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
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!
Wiktionary
An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like "haw"; the sound so made.
Wiktionary
abbreviation
Hawaiian.
Webster's New World

(law) Hawaii, as used in case citations.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A topographic and patronymic surname​.

Wiktionary

A river in the US state of North Carolina.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Haw

Noun

Singular:
haw
Plural:
haws

Origin of Haw

  • Middle English hawe, from Old English haga (“enclosure, hedge”), from Proto-Germanic *hagô (compare West Frisian haach, Dutch haag, German Hag (“hedged farmland”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaghon (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”), Latin caulae (“sheepfold, enclosure”), cohum (“strap between plowbeam and yoke”), Russian кош (koš, “tent”), кошара (košára, “sheepfold”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣa, “curtain wall”), from *kaghe/o 'to catch, grasp' (compare Welsh cau (“to clasp”), Oscan kahad (“may he seize”), Albanian kam, ke (“to have, hold”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old English haga (“enclosure”). Also a Middle English back-formation from Hawkin, a diminutive of Harry or of a given name meaning "a hawk".

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English haga

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Imitative

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Uncertain.

    From Wiktionary

  • Imitative

    From Wiktionary

  • Unknown

    From Wiktionary

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