Hawed vs Cawed - What's the difference?
hawed | cawed |
(haw)
An imitation of laughter, often used to express scorn or disbelief. Often doubled or tripled (haw haw'' or ''haw haw haw ).
An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like "haw"; the sound so made.
* Congreve
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw ; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
An instruction for a horse or other animal to turn towards the driver, typically left.
(of an animal) To turn towards the driver, typically to the left.
To cause (an animal) to turn left.
(caw)
To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between hawed and cawed
is that hawed is past tense of haw while cawed is past tense of caw.hawed
English
Verb
(head)haw
English
Etymology 1
ImitativeInterjection
(en interjection)- You think that song was good? Haw!
- Hums or haws .
Usage notes
* (an imitation of laughter) In the US, the spelling haw is rare, with (ha) being more common.Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* hum and haw, hem and hawEtymology 2
(etyl) hawe, from (etyl) ).Etymology 3
UnknownInterjection
(en interjection)Verb
(en verb)- This horse won't haw when I tell him to.
- You may have to go to the front of the pack and physically haw the lead dog.
Derived terms
* gee haw whimmy diddle * haw and gee, haw and gee aboutAntonyms
* (to turn left) gee * (to cause to turn left) geeEtymology 4
Uncertain.Anagrams
* * ----cawed
English
Verb
(head)caw
English
Verb
(en verb)- Rising and cawing at the gun's report.