haver
/ˈheɪvə
/verb [no object]
1Scottish Talk foolishly; babble: Tom havered on...
- The women did a lot of talking and havering about ribbons while the guys bought the flowers and got out there selling.
- Anyone that day who foresaw Istabraq becoming a superstar would have been havering.
- A group of friends are havering politely in what looks like a social situation.
2British Act in a vacillating or indecisive manner: (as noun havering) she was exasperated by all this havering...
- Yet others havered indecisively over both the principle and the practicality of the thing.
- The reason the richest nations on earth have havered for so long about admitting Turkey to their club is all about - you know - "values".
- Premier Guy Mollet, in the center of it all, havered uncomfortably. Once again irresolution was at the helm in France.
noun [mass noun] (also havers) Scottish
Foolish talk; nonsense.
Origin
Early 18th century: of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- water farming
- waterfast
- water feather
- water feature
- water feeder
- water fence
- water fern
- water festival
- water fight
- water figwort
- water filter
- water-finder
- water-finding
- water fir
- water flag
- water flea
- water flint
- water flood
- water flooding
- water flower
- water flux
- water-fly
- Rotissomat
- rotivation
- rotmaster