Havering

//ˈheɪvəɹɪŋ// adj, name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Indecision, indecisive behaviour. uncountable

    "Havering over the future of the Barnard Castle-Tebay and Penrith line now seems concluded."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of haver form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Hesitant; indecisive.

    "Added to the obstacles which reforming ministers like Turgot […] now had to face was the king's havering inconstancy."

  2. 2
    Long-winded
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A London borough on the east side of Greater London.

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"Added to the obstacles which reforming ministers like Turgot […] now had to face was the king's havering inconstancy."

Etymology

From haver + -ing.

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