hawing

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hawing

Rhymes with -ɔːɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of haw

noun hawings

The act of saying "haw", in intermission or hesitation of speech. Blushing and stammering, awkward pauses, hemmings and hawings, tremblings of voice, and confusion in all its shapes there were between them […]

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@misc{hawing_2026,
  title = {hawing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hawing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}