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😂 Loud laugh 🙃 A foolish person 🐴 Donkey sound 😆 To laugh harshly
heehaw

heehaw

9.9
A loud rude person who acts foolishly
  • noun
  • /ˈhiːhɔː/
  • Offensive
translation icon : patán
  • I'm the best heehaw-er in the field now.

Examples

  • The comedian was such a heehaw that everyone laughed at his silly jokes.

  • During the meeting, his heehaw comments made it hard for anyone to take him seriously.

  • Everyone rolled their eyes at the heehaw who loudly interrupted the presentation.

Synonyms

choad
vsheehaw
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A rude word for a person who acts very foolishly

is focused on noisy, boorish behaviour rather than on direct contempt for character
gaw
vsheehaw
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who is foolish or clumsy

is informal and insults loud, foolish, boorish people rather than being archaic
hoghead
vsheehaw
  • Offensive
9.9

An insulting word for a rude or stupid person

is aimed at loud, foolish, boorish behaviour rather than crude offensiveness

How Boorish

lout
  • Offensive
11 7.9
heehaw
  • Offensive
9.9
oaf
  • Offensive
19 6.4
fool
  • Offensive
∞ 1.4
to clown
  • Informal
37 3.0

Surface Forms

heehaw singular
heehaws plural

Morphology

heehaw = hee + haw (semi-transparent) = hee + haw

The sense 'a loud, foolish, or boorish person' is a derogatory metaphorical extension from the donkey-bray association and is not fully predictable from the sound components alone.

Etymology

Heehaw comes from the noisy sound of a donkey's 'bray', the 'hee-haw' call. That's why calling someone a heehaw means they are loud, foolish, or rude, like the animal's noisy cry.