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haway

haway is the alternative spelling of howay.

Meaning of howay

Interjection

  1. (Geordie) A general cry of encouragement.
    • Howay the lads
    Synonyms:
    come along!, come on!

Origin of haway

Compare the older hadaway, which could be a distorted form of "hold away", "that away" or "get away". The word "haway" may be from have way. Compare the similar give way.

Questions about haway

What is haway the alternative spelling of?
Haway is the alternative spelling of howay.

Words near haway in the dictionary

  1. hawallas
  2. Hawara
  3. Hawarden
  4. Hawari
  5. Hawaris
  6. haway
  7. HAWB
  8. Hawbaker
  9. Hawbakers
  10. hawberk
  11. hawberks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haway (page history and authors); howay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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