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haw and gee

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables
haw and gee
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go from one thing to another without good reason; to have no settled purpose; to be irresolute or unstable.

Etymology

From the commands given to horses to make them change direction, etc.

Inflected Forms

haws and gees (present, singular) hawing and geeing (participle, present) hawed and geed (participle, past) hawed and geed (past)

Questions

What does haw and gee mean?
To go from one thing to another without good reason; to have no settled purpose; to be irresolute or unstable.
Where does haw and gee come from?
From the commands given to horses to make them change direction, etc.

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