haiver

== Scots == === Alternative forms === haver === Etymology === Unknown. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈheːvər] === Verb === haiver (third-person singular simple present haivers, present participle haiverin, simple past and past participle haivered or haivert) to haver, talk in a foolish or trivial manner, speak nonsense, babble, gossip to make a fuss about nothing to make a pretence of being busy to dawdle, potter about to saunter, lounge ==== Quotations ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: haver === References === === Further reading === “haiver, v., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. Eagle, Andy, editor (2026), “haiver”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎[2]