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😂 A harsh laugh 🐴 To bray
to hee-haw

to hee-haw

9.3
To make a loud, harsh braying sound like a donkey
  • verb
  • /ˈhiːhɔː/
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  • The donkey began to hee-haw loudly at dawn, waking everyone nearby.

Examples

  • The donkey hee-hawed loudly in the field.

  • We heard the animal hee-haw from the other side of the field.

  • As the children approached, the old mule hee-hawed in greeting.

  • Did you hear the donkey hee-haw this morning?

  • The donkey let out a loud hee-haw when it saw the carrots in the garden.

  • Every time he heard a horn, the donkey would hee-haw in response.

  • The children laughed as the donkey hee-hawed loudly during the petting zoo visit.

Synonyms

to bray
vsto hee-haw
2 7.1

To make the loud harsh cry of a donkey

is about the resulting harsh sound rather than the vocal action
to heehaw
vsto hee-haw
9.3

To laugh loudly in a harsh way like a donkey

is the specific donkey braying sound rather than a human laugh or imitation

How Loud

bellow
20 4.6
to hee-haw
9.3
to bleat
5 6.0

Surface Forms

hee-haw infinitive
hee-hawed past
hee-hawed past participle
hee-hawing present participle
hee-haws third person singular

Etymology

Hee-haw copies the two-part sound a donkey makes, 'hee' then 'haw', so to hee-haw is to make a loud, harsh 'bray' like a donkey.