Hemming

Verb

1. Present participle of hem

Full definition of hemming

Noun

1. The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech.
• 1847, The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review (page 285)Blushing and stammering, awkward pauses, hemmings and hawings, tremblings of voice, and confusion in all its shapes there were between them ...