hum+and+haw
31blow hot and cold — VACILLATE, dither, shilly shally, waver, be indecisive, change one s mind, be undecided, be uncertain, be unsure; Brit. haver, hum and haw; Scottish swither. → hot * * * phrasal : to be favorable at one moment and adverse the next : react or… …
32humming and hawing — mainly British, American & Australian hum and haw to take a long time to say something and speak in a way that is not clear, in order to avoid giving an answer. After much hemming and hawing and throat clearing, she announced that she was leaving …
33Rhotic and non-rhotic accents — English pronunciation can be divided into two main accent groups: a rhotic (pronounced /ˈroʊtɨk/, sometimes /ˈrɒtɨk/) speaker pronounces a rhotic consonant in words like hard; a non rhotic speaker does not. That is, rhotic speakers pronounce /r/… …
34hummable — hum ► VERB (hummed, humming) 1) make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee. 2) sing with closed lips. 3) informal be in a state of great activity. 4) Brit. informal smell unpleasant. ► NOUN ▪ a low …
35hummer — hum ► VERB (hummed, humming) 1) make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee. 2) sing with closed lips. 3) informal be in a state of great activity. 4) Brit. informal smell unpleasant. ► NOUN ▪ a low …
36falter — Synonyms and related words: Bebung, abandon hope, back down, back out, balance, bashfulness, blench, blunder, bob, bobble, boggle, boggling, bounce, bump, careen, career, caution, cautiousness, chatter, chicken, chicken out, compunction, dally,… …
37stumble — Synonyms and related words: bad job, balk, barge, be all thumbs, bevue, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, bobble, boggle, bonehead play, boner, boo boo, botch, breakdown, bumble, bump, bump into, bungle, butcher,… …
38halt — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abort, afterthought, amble, arrest, arrestation, bad, barge, belay, bell, bind, blind alley, block, blockage, bowl along, box, brake, break, breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell …
39hem — Synonyms and related words: adjoin, bank, bar, beading, befringe, begird, beset, bind, binding, board, border, bordering, bordure, bound, box, box in, box up, brim, brink, brow, bulkhead in, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, coast, confine,… …
40hesitate — Synonyms and related words: alternate, back down, balance, balk, be dilatory, blench, boggle, call a recess, debate, delay, deliberate, demur, dither, equivocate, falter, fear, fight shy of, filibuster, flinch, fluctuate, fumble, gain time, halt …
