What does HAW mean?
Definitions for HAW
hɔhaw
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Princeton's WordNet
hawthorn, hawnoun
a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
hawverb
the nictitating membrane of a horse
hawverb
utter `haw'
"he hemmed and hawed"
Wiktionary
Hawnoun
A river in the US state of North Carolina.
Etymology: hawe, from haga, from hagô (compare West Frisian haach, Dutch haag, German Hag, from kaghon (compare Welsh cae, Latin caulae, cohum, Russian кош, кошара, Sanskrit कक्ष, from 'to catch, grasp' (compare Welsh cau, Oscan kahad, Albanian kam, ke).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hawnoun
Etymology: hag, Saxon.
Now sow and go harrow, where ridge ye did draw
The seed of the bremble with kernel and haw. Thomas Tusser.Years of store of haws and hips commonly portend cold Winters. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
His quarrel to the hedge was, that his thorns and his brambles did not bring forth raisins, rather than haws and blackberries. Roger L'Estrange.
Upon the haw at Plymouth is cut out in the ground the portraiture of two men, with clubs in their hands, whom they term Gog and Magog. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwal.
To Hawverb
To speak slowly with frequent intermission and hesitation.
Etymology: Perhaps corrupted from hawk or hack.
’Tis a great way; but yet, after a little humming and hawing upon’t, he agreed to undertake the job. Roger L'Estrange.
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haw
"Haw" can have several meanings depending on the context: 1. It is often used as an interjection expressing hesitation, doubt, or surprise. 2. In botany, it refers to the fruit of a hawthorn tree or shrub. 3. In terms of animal anatomy, "haw" is a term for the nictitating membrane or third eyelid in some animals, especially dogs. 4. Haw is also an old colloquial term used in farming, often in relation to instructing a draft animal to the left.
Webster Dictionary
Hawnoun
a hedge; an inclosed garden or yard
Hawnoun
the fruit of the hawthorn
Hawnoun
the third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate
Hawnoun
an intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made
Hawverb
to stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation
Hawverb
to turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See Gee
Hawverb
to cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen
Etymology: [Written also hoi.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Haw
haw, n. a hedge or enclosure: a field: the berry of the hawthorn.—ns. Haw′-buck, a clown; Haw′finch, the common grosbeak; Haw′thorn, a shrub or small tree, much planted both for hedges and for ornament: the white flower of the hawthorn. [A.S. haga, a yard or enclosure; Dut. haag, a hedge, Ger. hag, a hedge, Ice. hagi, a field.]
Haw
haw, v.i. to speak with hesitation or a drawling manner, real or affected—hence adj. Haw-haw, in an affected tone of voice.—n. a hesitation in speech: loud vulgar laughter.—v.i. to guffaw, to laugh boisterously. [Imit.]
Haw
haw, n. the nictitating membrane or third eyelid, as of a horse; also a disease of this membrane.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HAW
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Haw is ranked #30477 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Haw surname appeared 766 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Haw.
68.2% or 523 total occurrences were White.
22.3% or 171 total occurrences were Asian.
4.4% or 34 total occurrences were of two or more races.
3.6% or 28 total occurrences were Black.
Anagrams for HAW »
wah
wha
hwa
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of HAW in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of HAW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of HAW in a Sentence
When I went to high school, there were people that were incredibly sad that it was over. I was like, “YEE-HAW!!!!!!”
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