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Definition of Haw

Haw

  1. A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
  2. The fruit of the hawthorn.
  3. The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
  4. An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made.
  5. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
  6. To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See Gee.
  7. To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.

Haw Quotations

I had that upbringing. Of watching 'Bonanza,' watching 'Hee Haw,' which both black and white would watch. I rode horses. I did gun spinning as a kid. I do these things.
Jamie Foxx

Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
Alan Jackson

I enjoyed the Hee Haw people, but from 1980 on I didn't enjoy it and thought about leavin', and thought, hell, it's an easy job and pays wonderful. I kinda just prostituted myself for their money.
Buck Owens

I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw, the worse things got for me musically.
Buck Owens
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Haw Translations

haw in German is Hagebutte, hem
haw in Spanish is membrana nictitante

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