haw

Plural: haws

Noun

• a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
• the nictitating membrane of a horse
• Fruit of the hawthorn.
• A hedge.
• Something that has little value or importance; a whit or jot.
• The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane.
• A disease of the nictitating membrane.

Verb

Verb Forms: hawed, hawing, haws

• To hesitate in speaking; to turn left (especially of livestock).
• utter `haw'
  • "he hemmed and hawed"
• To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
• To turn towards the driver, typically to the left.
• To cause (an animal) to turn left.

Intj

• An imitation of laughter, often used to express scorn or disbelief. Often doubled or tripled (haw haw or haw haw haw).
• An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like "haw"; the sound so made.
• An instruction for a horse or other animal to turn towards the driver, typically left.

Examples

• He would HAW and hem before committing to a risky Words With Friends play.
• This horse won't haw when I tell him to.
• You may have to go to the front of the pack and physically haw the lead dog.
• You think that song was good? Haw!

Synonyms

hawthorn, hawthorn berry

Antonyms

gee

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