haw

verb

Definition of hawnext
as in to hem

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Recent Examples of haw Barring America losing a war or experiencing a crushing economic depression, one imagines that even the anti-Trump candidates will again be doing the hemming and hawing that made so many of the 2024 versions so ineffective. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025 By Sam Reed March 18, 2025 Get ready to yee, to haw, to root, to toot: The Grand Ole Opry is celebrating its hundred-year anniversary with a mega-concert featuring so many of our country favorites. — Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2025 Many of the season’s 10 45-minute episodes are dedicated to Jackie hemming and hawing between them. — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023 No more lengthy hemming and hawing by the pitcher. — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haw
  1. hem
  2. hesitate
  3. wait
  4. vacillate
Verb
  • The idyll was hemmed in by immaculate office buildings housing high-profile Hollywood and tech tenants including Amazon, Oracle and AMC Networks.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Another level hems the player in with blocks of self-questioning text while the sound of someone gasping for air drones on in the background.
    — Christopher Byrd, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of hem
Verb
  • Yet, the didn't appear to be the case for Colton, who hesitated to answer before last week's episode concluded.
    — Dory Jackson, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Touching on directing and managing the top teams at Nudie Jeans, Levin doesn’t hesitate.
    — Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of hesitate
Verb
  • IndieWire understands the festival was waiting to confirm Denzel Washington’s attendance, and indeed the star will be at Cannes.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The progress of this research has now been delayed while my lab waits on a crucial research grant that was supposed to start in February on finding new cures for pain.
    — Dr. Ardem Patapoutian, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of wait
Verb
  • Veneno, ever the anti-hero and unreliable narrator, vacillates between her self-serving and diabolical impulses throughout the arc of her character.
    — Samantha Riedel, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
  • Trump vacillated about federal funding for the Kennedy Center during his first administration, variously defending and criticizing federal funding for it.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Feb. 2025
Definition of vacillate

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