different between haw vs gaw

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /h??/
• (General American, US) IPA^(key): /h??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Imitative

Interjection

haw

1. 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!

2. 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.

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)

1. 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)

1. Fruit of the hawthorn.

   Synonym: hawthorn berry

2. (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

1. 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)

1. (of an animal) To turn towards the driver, typically to the left.

   Antonym: gee

2. To cause (an animal) to turn left.

   Antonym: gee

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Uncertain.

Noun

haw (plural haws)

1. (anatomy) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane.
2. A disease of the nictitating membrane.

Anagrams

• WHA, Wah, wah, wha

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ??? (hau:)

Verb

haw

1. 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

1. plough

Middle English

Noun

haw

1. 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)

1. sea

Derived terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/

Etymology 1

Middle English gowen (“to stare”), from Old Norse gá.

Verb

gaw (third-person singular simple present gaws, present participle gawing, simple past and past participle gawed)

1. (obsolete) to stare or gape

Etymology 2

Minced oath for God.

Interjection

gaw

1. An expletive, expressing disbelief, horror, or disdain

Synonyms

• (expressing disbelief): fiddlesticks, get out of town, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
• (expressing horror or shock): gorblimey, Jeebus, Jiminy Cricket, 'sblood; see also Thesaurus:wow
• (expressing disdain): feh, pfaugh, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah

Translations

Anagrams

• AGW, AWG, GWA, WAG, WGA, wag

Cebuano

Etymology

From ig-agaw.

Noun

gaw

1. an address to a cousin