different between haw vs faw
haw
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA(key): /h??/
- (General American, US) IPA(key): /h??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Imitative
Interjection
haw
- 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!
- An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like "haw"; the sound so made.
- 1720, William Congreve, An Impossible Thing
- Hums or haws.
- 1720, William Congreve, An Impossible Thing
Usage notes
- (an imitation of laughter): In the US, haw is rare (it was more used in the past), with ha being more common.
Translations
Verb
haw (third-person singular simple present haws, present participle hawing, simple past and past participle hawed)
- To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
Derived terms
- hum and haw, hem and haw
Etymology 2
From Middle English hawe, from Old English haga (“enclosure, hedge”), from Proto-Germanic *hagô (compare West Frisian haach, Dutch haag, German Hag (“hedged farmland”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kag?om (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”), Latin caulae (“sheepfold, enclosure”), cohum (“strap between plowbeam and yoke”), Russian ??? (koš, “tent”), ??????? (košára, “sheepfold”), Sanskrit ???? (kak?a, “curtain wall”)), from *kag?- 'to catch, grasp' (compare Welsh cau (“to clasp”), Oscan kahad (“may he seize”), Albanian kam, ke (“to have, hold”)).
Noun
haw (plural haws)
- Fruit of the hawthorn.
- Synonym: hawthorn berry
- (historical) A hedge.
Derived terms
- apple haw (Crataegus aestivalis)
- black haw
- crimson haw (Crataegus biltmoriana)
- downy haw
- hawthorn
- hog's haw (Crataegus brachyacantha)
- mayhaw (Crataegus aestivalis)
- parsley haw (Crataegus marshallii)
- pear haw (esp. Crataegus tomentosa)
- possum haw
- purple haw (Condalia obovata)
- red haw
- rose haw
- scarlet haw (esp. Crataegus biltmoriana)
- Shawnee haw (Vibrnum nudum)
- summer haw (Crataegus aestivalis)
- swamp haw (Viburnum nudum)
Translations
Etymology 3
Unknown.
Interjection
haw
- An instruction for a horse or other animal to turn towards the driver, typically left (See gee).
Translations
Verb
haw (third-person singular simple present haws, present participle hawing, simple past and past participle hawed)
- (of an animal) To turn towards the driver, typically to the left.
- Antonym: gee
- To cause (an animal) to turn left.
- Antonym: gee
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Uncertain.
Noun
haw (plural haws)
- (anatomy) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane.
- A disease of the nictitating membrane.
Anagrams
- WHA, Wah, wah, wha
Jingpho
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese ??? (hau:)
Verb
haw
- to preach
References
- Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31) , “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research?[1], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128
Kalasha
Etymology
From Sanskrit ?? (hala), from Proto-Indo-European *??h?ol-. Cognate with Lithuanian žúolis.
Noun
haw
- plough
Middle English
Noun
haw
- Alternative form of hawe
Scanian
Etymology
From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *hab?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [h???]
Noun
haw n (definite singular haweð, plural haw)
- sea
Derived terms
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faw
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Onomatopoetic.
Interjection
faw
- Alternative form of faugh
Synonyms
- (disgust): bleah, eww, ick, pooh, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck
- (contempt): feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah
Etymology 2
Phonetic rendering of for.
Preposition
faw
- Pronunciation spelling of for; chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States.
- 1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days, Gutenberg eBook #10234,
- “ […] Now, Colossus, what air you a-beckonin? at me faw?”
- 1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days, Gutenberg eBook #10234,
Etymology 3
From the surname Faa.
Noun
faw (plural faws)
- A gypsy.
Anagrams
- FWA, WAF
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English fawe, fa?e, from Old English f?g, f?h (“coloured; stained; dyed; tinged; shining; variegated”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“coloured; motley”), from Proto-Indo-European *pey?- (“to paint; mark; colour”).
Adjective
faw (comparative mair faw, superlative maist faw)
- Of various colours; variegated
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