hesitating
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪŋ/
Verb
  1. Present participle and gerund of hesitate
Noun

hesitating (plural hesitatings)

  1. hesitation
    • 1836, Charles Dickens, The mistaken milliner. A tale of ambition:
      Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two, […] commenced a species of treble chirruping […]



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