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hum and haw — (Brit.) HESITATE, dither, vacillate, be indecisive, equivocate, prevaricate, waver, blow hot and cold; Brit. haver; Scottish swither; informal shilly shally. → hum * * * hum and haw or hum and ha … Useful english dictionary
hum and haw — (or chiefly N. Amer. hem and haw) be indecisive. → hum … English new terms dictionary
hem and haw — verb utter hems and haws ; indicated hesitation He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd • Hypernyms: ↑hesitate, ↑pause • Verb Frames: Somebody s They hem and haw a long time * * * … Useful english dictionary
hem and haw — Synonyms and related words: about the bush, back and fill, back down, balance, beat around, beg the question, debate, deliberate, demur, dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, falter, fear, fence, halt, hang back, haw, hedge, hem, hesitate, hover, hum,… … Moby Thesaurus
hem and haw — chiefly N. Amer. another way of saying hum and haw (see hum1). → hem someone/thing in … English new terms dictionary
hem — 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
hem — 1. n. & v. n. the border of a piece of cloth, esp. a cut edge turned under and sewn down. v.tr. (hemmed, hemming) turn down and sew in the edge of (a piece of cloth etc.). Phrases and idioms: hem in confine; restrict the movement of. Etymology:… … Useful english dictionary
hum — 1 verb hummed, humming 1 (I, T) to sing a tune by making a continuous sound with your lips closed: Carol hummed quietly to herself as she worked. 2 (I) to make a low, continuous sound: insects humming in the hot summer air 3 (I) to be very busy… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
haw — Synonyms and related words: avert, bear off, draw aside, ease off, edge off, falter, fly off, gee, glance, glance off, go off, halt, head off, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hum, hum and haw, jib, make way for, mammer, move aside, sheer off, shove… … Moby Thesaurus
hum — Synonyms and related words: Indian file, anthem, array, articulation, ballad, bank, bel canto, birdies, birr, blooping, blurping, bombilate, bombilation, bombinate, bombination, boom, booming, bravura, bum, burr, buzz, buzzing, carol, catena,… … Moby Thesaurus
hum — hum1 [hʌm] v past tense and past participle hummed present participle humming [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From the sound] 1.) [I and T] to sing a tune by making a continuous sound with your lips closed hum to yourself ▪ Tony was humming to himself… … Dictionary of contemporary English
