1. Utter 'hems' and 'haws'; indicated hesitation
   "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

Derived forms: hems and haws, hemming and hawing

Type of: hesitate, pause

Encyclopedia: Hem and haw

• apeshit
• apetalous
• apetalous flower
• apex
• apex of the sun's way
• Apgar score
• aphaeresis
• aphaeretic
• aphagia
• aphakia
• aphakic
• aphanite
• aphanitic
• aphasia
• aphasic
• Aphasmidia
• aphelion
• apheresis
• apheretic
• aphesis
• aphetic
• aphid
• aphid lion
• Aphididae
• Aphidoidea