hee-haw
- noun
- /ˈhiːhɔː/
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rebuzno
- The comedian's jokes were so funny that the audience erupted in loud hee-haws.
Examples
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His unexpected slip on stage caused a round of hee-haws from the crowd.
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After hearing the funny story, she could not contain her hee-haw of laughter.
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Ah—don't worry about the occasional hee-haw.
Fiction book (1995) -
Fronto burst into raucous hee-haws and went lurching toward the wheeling, rearing horses.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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9.1
A loud, wild laugh like a horse's neigh
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2.5
A loud, happy sound people make when something is very funny
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6.1
A sudden, loud laugh that bursts out
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2.9
A loud deep sound people make when something is very funny
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2.7
A loud, warm laugh that shows real happiness
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9.9
A loud, harsh laugh that sounds like a horse's neigh
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3.2
A very loud sound made by many people when they find something funny
A loud rough noise people make when they find something funny that is like a horse sound
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hee-haw copies the two-part sound a donkey makes, 'hee' then 'haw'. So a hee-haw is a loud, rough laugh that sounds like a donkey's 'bray'.