Definitions for haw
hɔhaw

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hawthorn, hawnoun

   a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

2. hawverb

   the nictitating membrane of a horse

3. hawverb

   utter `haw'

   "he hemmed and hawed"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hawnoun

   A river in the US state of North Carolina.

2. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hawnoun

   Etymology: hag, Saxon.

   1. The berry and seed of the hawthorn.

   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.

   2. An excrescence in the eye.3. [ haga , Saxon; haw, a garden, Danish.]A small piece of ground adjoining to an house. In Scotland they call it haugh.

   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.

2. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hawnoun

   a hedge; an inclosed garden or yard

2. Hawnoun

   the fruit of the hawthorn

3. Hawnoun

   the third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate

4. Hawnoun

   an intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made

5. Hawverb

   to stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation

6. 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

7. Hawverb

   to cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen

8. Etymology: [Written also hoi.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

2. 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.]

3. Haw

   haw, n. the nictitating membrane or third eyelid, as of a horse; also a disease of this membrane.

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1. HAW

   What does HAW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HAW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Shrub
   • Utter

Anagrams for haw »

1. wah

2. wha

3. hwa

How to pronounce haw?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say haw in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of haw in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of haw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of haw in a Sentence

1. Gary McNamara:

   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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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=haw
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Haw
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=haw
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haw
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=haw
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html