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haw and gee

haw and gee verb: to go from one thing to another without good reason; to have no settled purpose; to be irresolute or unstable.

Verb

haw and gee (third-person singular simple present haws and gees, present participle hawing and geeing, simple past and past participle hawed and geed)

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

Forms of haw and gee

third-person singular presenthaws and gees
present participlehawing and geeing
past participlehawed and geed
pasthawed and geed

Origin of haw and gee

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

Questions about haw and gee

What does haw and gee mean?
Haw and gee means to go from one thing to another without good reason; to have no settled purpose; to be irresolute or unstable.
What part of speech is haw and gee?
Haw and gee is a verb.
What is the past tense of haw and gee?
The past tense of haw and gee is hawed and geed.

Words near haw and gee in the dictionary

  1. havurot
  2. havuroth
  3. Havârna
  4. Havířov
  5. haw
  6. haw and gee
  7. Haw Creek
  8. Haw River syndrome
  9. haw tree
  10. haw trees
  11. haw-haw

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