heehaw
1
9.9
- interjection
- /ˈhiˌhɔ/
- Informal
:
juas
- What a loud heehaw!
Examples
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He let out a heehaw to mock his friend's silly mistake.
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Whenever something really funny happened, she would shout heehaw and clap her hands.
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The audience burst into a loud heehaw after the comedian's joke.
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She let out a loud heehaw after hearing the joke.
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When he heard the joke, he couldn't help but let out a loud heehaw of laughter.
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The comedian's funny story made the audience erupt with heehaw laughter.
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She laughed so hard at the prank that all that came out was a big heehaw.
Synonyms
380
9.3
A short sound people make to show mild amusement or slight disbelief
81
9.9
A short playful sound that shows amusement
76
4.6
A short laugh showing surprise or small victory
67
2.1
A short laugh people write in messages or say to show amusement
16
2.3
A written way to show you are laughing
9
8.2
A short written way to show a soft laugh
6
6.0
People type letters to show laughter or sometimes to mock someone
3
9.9
A written way to show that something made you laugh
3
9.1
A typed way to show quiet, shy, or teasing laughter in messages
1
7.5
A long written laugh used to show loud amusement in a message
1
8.4
A short laugh that shows surprise or amusement
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heehaw copies a donkey's loud 'bray' and even sounds like 'hee-haw'. So when people shout heehaw to laugh or mock, they are making that same silly, loud animal sound.