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hesitation(dictionary)

Prod (iou) and hesitation (iou)


Prod (iou)



Prod noun4 & adjective. slang (chiefly Anglo-Irish). offensive. M20.
[Abbreviation after pronunc.]
= PROTESTANT noun 2, adjective 1. Cf. PROT.

hesitation (iou)



hesitation noun. E17.
[Latin haesitatio(n-), formed as HESITATE: see -ATION.]
The action or an act of hesitating; irresolute pausing or delay; a state of doubt with regard to action. E17.
Lyndon B. Johnson Any hesitation or wavering, any false step, any sign of self-doubt, could have been disastrous. H. Bailey Vera had no hesitation about condemning what was going on.
Hesitancy in speech; stammering. E18.
R. Warner The Air Vice-Marshal spoke without hesitation,..in the manner of one who was delivering important instructions.
Comb.: hesitation-form Linguistics (a form representing) a sound uttered when hesitating or faltering in speech; hesitation-step a step in ballroom dancing which takes up more than one beat; hesitation waltz: characterized by the hesitation step.