Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haver

/ˈhævɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: ha-ver
IPA: /ˈhævɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hem and haw.

British usage

verb

To talk foolishly; to chatter.

noun

The cereal grain of cultivated oats (Avena sativa).

British usage

noun

The plant or the grain of common wild oats (Avena fatua).

British usage; Archaic

noun

One who has something (in various senses).

noun

The person who has custody of a document.

noun

Alternative form of chaver.

name

Example Sentences

"This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered, he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it."
"To business, and no more havers."
"And if I haver, Yeah I know I’m gonna be, I’m gonna be the man Who’s haverin' to you."
"She havers on about her "faither" and "mirra" and the "wee wean," her child, and "hoo i wiz glaiket but bonny forby.""
"From porridge, the liquid preparation of oats, we are led almost automatically to the haver-cake, which was a great improvement on the former, for it could be carried about, and kept for an indefinite time in sound and wholesome condition."
"It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver: if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised."

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots haiver.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: haver, hafri, *habrô, *kapro-, *kap-
Suffix: have

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhævɚ/
British English: /ˈheɪvə/

Usage

British usage
Archaic

Inflected Forms

havers (present, singular) havering (participle, present) havered (participle, past) havered (past) havers (plural) haverim (plural)

Phrases

haver bread haver-grass sex-haver

Frequently Paired Words

haversack

Synonyms

babble haiver maunder holder possessor

Rhymes With

never ever however whatever forever whenever whoever wherever clever whatsoever trevor whichever

Questions

How do you pronounce haver?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhævɚ/.
What does haver mean?: To hem and haw.
Where does haver come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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