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North-Eastern, or Geordie, slang meaning 'come on', 'hurry up' and so on. Voice intonation specifies the exact definition, often not understood by anyone outside of the Newcastle area and thus causes much confusion for non-natives.
'Howay man!'
'Howay, we're gonna be late'
howay by Mary January 14, 2005
Related Words
hoaway hoeaway howay Hawaye hawayi Hawayri hawayu Honway Howaya Howaycist
A cullmination of the words 'how are you'.
Hey, Mr. Iguana, Howaya?
Howaya by 3Li November 26, 2003
Howay son, you're holding us up
howay by paul June 16, 2004
/'ha wa/ Used by 'mackems' or people originating from the Sunderland area (North East England), similar meaning and use to the geordie 'howay'. Meaning 'come on' can be used either in the sense of travelling somewhere, or more commonly used at football matches as an expression to get your team to perform harder.
haway man, we're late

or

haway! we're 2-0 down!
haway by mattclayb May 2, 2006

Howay man 

Expression of refrain or encouragement in GDPUK web discussions. Popular in the nort eastern regions of england.
Howay man! Audoen's talkin shite again.
Howay man by nigel Edwards June 11, 2006
Come On as in "Haway The Lads"
"Haway The Lads"
"Haway Mate"
haway by Hawkwind May 10, 2006