n.
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: imitative
Date: 1632
1 : to utter the sound represented by haw <hemmed and haw ed before answering>
2 : EQUIVOCATE <the administration hemmed and haw ed over the students' demands>
n.
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: imitative
Date: 1632
1 : to utter the sound represented by haw <hemmed and haw ed before answering>
2 : EQUIVOCATE <the administration hemmed and haw ed over the students' demands>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012