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havering en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ˈheɪvəɹɪŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

From haver + -ing.

Meanings

Hesitant; indecisive.
- Added to the obstacles which reforming ministers like Turgot […] now had to face was the king's havering inconstancy. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 300:
Long-winded

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most havering	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more havering	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

havering en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈheɪvəɹɪŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

From haver + -ing.

Meanings

(uncountable) Indecision, indecisive behaviour.
- Havering over the future of the Barnard Castle-Tebay and Penrith line now seems concluded. 1961 September, “Talking of Trains: Branch line report”, in Modern Railways, page 516:

havering en · VERB

Pronunciation

/ˈheɪvəɹɪŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

From haver + -ing.

Meanings

(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of haver
form of haver