by I_like_football....354 February 14, 2021

“Haw” as it relates to middle english would be an apportionment of land that a lord might send a person to if he be a ceourl or person without sokage apart from the burgess or citizens of the town keep and borrough. i.e apart from sokemen and sokewomen.
Person 1: he was sent away to his haw where he crooned us a tune
Person 2: he forfeited his status as villeini (villanage) of a rite to work the team by pasture and by a thane of the region was sent to his ‘hum and haw’
Person 2: he forfeited his status as villeini (villanage) of a rite to work the team by pasture and by a thane of the region was sent to his ‘hum and haw’
by rmfrost December 10, 2020

by SNMW July 9, 2019

When someone keeps making excuses not to do something that needs to be done. He hawing not making a decision.
The husband kept he hawing around fixing the fence , saying the prices of wood is too high or he forgot the cement and didn’t have time to get back to the store before it closed
by Naggeria September 10, 2021

by Jlan96 January 18, 2021

To need something done/made in a hurry/in a rush/fast/quickly/immediately/now (i.e., before you do/make anything else).
Used in the food service industry/restaurants/kitchens, typically by food expediters, food runners and/or waitstaff when talking to line cooks (e.g., when a dish is late to come out, waiting for a dish, when a dish needs to be re-made (due to a mistake, dropped, sent to wrong table, etc.)
Used in the food service industry/restaurants/kitchens, typically by food expediters, food runners and/or waitstaff when talking to line cooks (e.g., when a dish is late to come out, waiting for a dish, when a dish needs to be re-made (due to a mistake, dropped, sent to wrong table, etc.)
by VWBug666 March 21, 2017

by UncleDadAbbieee January 27, 2019
