haw

  • 21Haw — abbrev. Hawaiian …

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  • 22haw — 1. interjection a) 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! b) An instruction for a horse or other animal to turn left. 2. noun a)… …

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  • 23Haw — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Haw peut signifier : Le peuple Haw ou Sissipahaw, HAW, le code de langage ISO 639 de la langue hawaïenne en anglais, haw est le fruit de l Épine… …

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  • 24haw — [[t]hɔ͟ː[/t]] haws, hawing, hawed 1) N COUNT Haws are the red berries produced by hawthorn trees in autumn. 2) EXCLAM Writers sometimes use haw haw to show that one of their characters is laughing, especially in a rather unpleasant or superior… …

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  • 25haw — haw1 /haw/, v.i. 1. to utter a sound representing a hesitation or pause in speech. n. 2. a sound or pause of hesitation. Cf. hem2 (def. 3). [1625 35; imit.] haw2 /haw/, interj …

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  • 26haw — I. /hɔ/ (say haw) noun the fruit of the hawthorn, Crataegus oxyacantha, or of other species of the same genus. {Middle English; Old English haga. Compare hawthorn} II. /hɔ/ (say haw) interjection 1. (an utterance marking hesitation in speech.)… …

  • 27haw — {{11}}haw (n.) enclosure, O.E. haga enclosure, hedge, from P.Gmc. *hag (Cf. O.N. hagi, O.S. hago, Ger. Hag hedge; M.Du. hage, Du. haag, as in the city name The Hague). See HAG (Cf. hag) and HEDGE (C …

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  • 28haw — I [[t]hɔ[/t]] v. i. 1) to utter a sound representing a hesitation or pause in speech 2) a hesitation; pause • Etymology: 1625–35; imit. II haw [[t]hɔ[/t]] interj. 1) (used as a word of command to a horse or other draft animal, usu. directing it… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29haw — Hawthorn Haw thorn (h[add] th[^o]rn ), n. [AS. haga[thorn]orn, h[ae]g[thorn]orn. See {Haw} a hedge, and {Thorn}.] (Bot.) A thorny shrub or tree (the {Crat[ae]gus oxyacantha}), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30Haw — This interesting English surname has two possible origins. The first is residential from living in an enclosure in a wood called a haga . This is a word which seems to have been borrowed from the Vikings, as it is first recorded in the North East …

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