Hawinterjection
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!’;
Mawnoun
(archaic) The stomach, especially of an animal.
Hawinterjection
An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like "haw"; the sound so made.
Mawnoun
The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature.
Hawinterjection
An instruction for a horse or other animal to turn towards the driver, typically left (See gee).
Mawnoun
Any large, insatiable or perilous opening.
Hawverb
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
Mawnoun
Appetite; inclination.
Hawverb
(of an animal) To turn towards the driver, typically to the left.
‘This horse won't haw when I tell him to.’;
Mawnoun
Mother.
Hawverb
To cause (an animal) to turn left.
‘You may have to go to the front of the pack and physically haw the lead dog.’;
Mawnoun
A gull.
Hawnoun
Fruit of the hawthorn.
Mawnoun
A gull.
Hawnoun
(historical) A hedge.
Mawnoun
A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; - now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.
‘Bellies and maws of living creatures.’;
Hawnoun
(anatomy) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane.
Mawnoun
Appetite; inclination.
‘Unless you had more maw to do me good.’;
Hawnoun
A disease of the nictitating membrane.
Mawnoun
An old game at cards.
Hawnoun
A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
‘And eke there was a polecat in his haw.’;
Mawnoun
informal terms for the mouth
Hawnoun
The fruit of the hawthorn.
Hawnoun
The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
Hawnoun
An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made.
Hawverb
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
‘Cut it short; don't prose - don't hum and haw.’;
Hawverb
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. See Gee.
Hawverb
To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.to lead this way and that at will; to lead by the nose; to master or control.
Hawnoun
a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
Hawnoun
the nictitating membrane of a horse
Hawverb
utter `haw';
‘he hemmed and hawed’;
