Contraction of how is. / Contraction of how has. / Contraction of how does.

Alternative spelling of hows; plural of how

(idiomatic) Used to strongly confirm the preceding utterance.

that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic

A brief informal description of how to accomplish a specific task.

plural of how

The state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.

Used to emphasise a particular quality

Used to ask someone to repeat something / (cricket) Used to make an appeal to the umpire as to whether the batsman is out or not / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see how, is, that.

(Scotland) Why is that not true?