haw

Definition von haw im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A river in the US state of North Carolina; To cause (an animal) to turn left
You may have to go to the front of the pack and physically haw the lead dog.; A hedge; An instruction for a horse or other animal to turn left; To turn left
This horse won't haw when I tell him to.; 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!.; Fruit of the hawthorn; {v} to speak slowly; {n} the berry of a thorn; If you hem and haw, or in British English hum and haw, you take a long time to say something because you cannot think of the right words, or because you are not sure what to say. Tim hemmed and hawed, but finally told his boss the truth. To fumble in speaking. To turn to the left. another spelling of ha hum and haw hum (4); {ü} to the left! (command given to draft animals); 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; A transparent, third eyelid at the inner side of the eye that keeps the eye clean and moist; the command to turn left; Haws are the red berries produced by hawthorn trees in autumn; the nictitating membrane of a horse; The fruit of the hawthorn; Writers sometimes use `haw haw' to show that one of their characters is laughing, especially in a rather unpleasant or superior way. Look at the plebs! Getting all muddy! Haw haw haw!; {i} fruit of the hawthorn tree or shrub; A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard; An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made; To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation; {f} make a stammering sound, hesitate while speaking; This is the command for turning or moving left; the nictitating membrane of a horse utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed; See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate; a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus; The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane; utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed"; To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen; The command used to direct the lead dog(s) to go to the left; Hawaii, as used in case citations
Haw River: A river, about 209 km (130 mi) long, rising in north-central North Carolina and flowing generally southeast to join the Deep River and form the Cape Fear River
haw haw: guffaw; ha-ha, sound of laughter; ditch where one side is a retaining wall
D. Haw.: United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, as used in case citations
gee haw whimmy diddle: A wooden toy consisting of a notched stick with a smaller stick attached on the end. Rubbing the notched stick with another stick causes the smaller stick to spin; with practice the spin can be made to change from rightward (gee) to leftward (haw) and vice versa
Thousands of wooden versions are sold each year, and a Gee Haw Whimmy Diddle Competition is held every summer at Asheville's Folk Art Center.
hee-haw: The cry of an ass or donkey
hee-haw: Nothing
People like Dick Advocaat, who knew hee-haw about Scottish football's history, set about whittling away little bits of our tradition on the grounds... well, let's be honest, that they were an inconvenience.
hem and haw: To discuss, deliberate, or contemplate rather than taking action
If you hem and haw long enough, someone else will do it first.
hum and haw: Procrastinate and take a long time before doing something or taking a decision
We hummed and hawed before buying this house.
yaw-haw: To laugh loudly
hem and haw: Avoid giving a clear answer, be evasive in speech. "He hemmed and hawed when I asked him if he knew where the missing money was."
black haw: upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America
black haw: Either of two deciduous plants (Viburnum lentago or V. prunifolium) native to the eastern United States and having clusters of white flowers and blue-black berrylike fruits
hawed: past of haw
hawing: present participle of haw
haws: plural of haw
haws: third-person singular of haw
hee haw: sound produced by donkeys
hee-haw: a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing braying characteristic of donkeys
hem and haw: utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd
parsley haw: southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves
red haw: American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers
red haw: American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers
red haw: American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs
scarlet haw: common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries