hawm

H4A1W4M3

verb

To lounge; to loiter.

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Meanings

hawm1

verbhawm (third-person singular simple present hawms, present participle hawming, simple past and past participle hawmed)

present singular third person hawms · participle present hawming · participle past hawmed · past hawmed

  1. UKdialectalobsoleteTo lounge; to loiter.

    Guzzlin' an' soäkin' an' smoäkin' an' hawmin' about i' the laanes, […]

    1880, Tennyson, Ballads and Other Poems, The Northern Cobbler

hawm2

nounhawm (plural hawms)

plural hawms

  1. alternativeAlternative form of haulm (straw)

Origin

Unknown

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

whamWAHMmwah
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APA

hawm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawm

MLA

“hawm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hawm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawm.

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