hemming

/ˈhɛmɪŋ/

hemming means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

hemming is pronounced /ˈhɛmɪŋ/.

Etymology

* As an English, Scottish, and Swedish surname, from the Old Norse personal name Hemingr, variant of Hæmingr, itself of uncertain origin, possibly from hamr, hemingr (“form, shape; skin of an animal”). This word may have been borrowed into Old English as hemming (“a rawhide boot”). * As a German surname, variant of Hemme.

name

A surname.

noun

The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech.“Blushing and stammering, awkward pauses, hemmings and hawings, tremblings of voice, and confusion in all its shapes there were between them […]”