haw
verb/hɔː/
/hɔː/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they haw | /hɔː/ /hɔː/ |
| he / she / it haws | /hɔːz/ /hɔːz/ |
| past simple hawed | /hɔːd/ /hɔːd/ |
| past participle hawed | /hɔːd/ /hɔːd/ |
| -ing form hawing | /ˈhɔːɪŋ/ /ˈhɔːɪŋ/ |
Idioms
See haw in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhum and haw (British English)
(North American English hem and haw)
- (informal) to take a long time to make a decision or before you say something
- We hummed and hawed for weeks before deciding to buy the house.
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