Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To bray, as an ass.
- n. The bray of an ass or mule.
Wiktionary
- n. The cry of an ass or donkey.
- n. Scotland, slang Nothing.
- v. intransitive To utter the cry of an ass or donkey.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. to bray in the manner of a donkey.
- n. a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing.
WordNet 3.0
- v. braying characteristic of donkeys
- n. a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
Etymologies
- Onomatopoeic coinage. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Someone usually gets tickled and, without warning, her hee-haw gets supercharged with n|om.”
“This series has had coverage and accolades out the hee-haw (which is why Universal is interested in a movie property, no doubt).”
“Heck, I'm overwhelmed and I'm supposed to know what the hee-haw I'm doing," said Tickle, author of "The Great Emergence," a well-regarded book on the future of Christianity.”
The Huffington Post: Selection of English Scripture Translations Reaches Biblical Proportions
“I tried to avoid making it another hee-haw memoir-turned-novel, but theres my daddy in there posing as my protagonists daddy, and the daddys got a jug of whisky and a razor strop drawn back to swing down on the back of the nerdy son.”
“THINK - SWIPE - hee-hee, hee-haw ... this would be a big first step in my journey around the neighborhood.”
“The donkey was not impressed with my outburst at his owner and let a huge hee-haw of rage escape.”
“ENOUGH from all the Bushes!!!!! they are NOT in a position to criticize anybody ..... hee-haw thanks”
“Their loud hee-haw calls echoed off the cement walls of the aquarium, filling the building with barnyard sounds, much to the surprise of our visitors.”
“I wish you wouldn't say 'hee-haw' so much," Polychrome begged him;”
“House minority leader John Boehner appeared on Meet the Press on Sunday to hee-haw about the $825 billion stimulus plan.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hee-haw’.
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The weird, the wonderful and the plai...
Loved for their ingenuity, an exact description, or simply for the pure joy of it.
acidulous, aprosdoketon, higgledy-piggledy, lexicographical, ninja, audacious, somnabulist, shivaree, amorphous, quidnunc, glib, melancholy and 353 more...
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sound (loud)
words for loud sounds
( open list, descriptive, randomness )
also see:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopo...crash, thud, bump, thump, boom, smash, explode, roar, scream, screech, short, yell and 168 more...
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Choi inspired
Fun words my friend loves and others I introduced to him.
Namby-pamby, Niminy piminy, Nitpick, Nit-wit, Piggly-wiggly, Ping-pong, Pitter-patter, Raggle-taggle, Riff-raff, zoot suit, zig-zag, wishy-washy and 73 more...
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That's funny...
words that make you smile...
can be funny words, oxymorons or words describing laughter and fun.giggle, sniggle, snicker, chuckle, titter, guffaw, smile, hoot, twitter, hee-haw, tee-hee, snort and 68 more...
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Interjections spelled with only H's a...
ha!, aha!, ho ho ho!, hee hee!, oho!, uh-oh, heh, heh-heh, oh, ah, huh, eh and 12 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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Laffterglow
HA, HA.
chortle, manlaughter, snicker, guffaw, snort, chuckle, titter, giggle, laugh, gelastic, snigger, har-de-har and 60 more...
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H is for Hat Trick
My H Words
holy guacamole, hee-haw, hanky panky, halcyon, hamburglar, har-de-har, hardscrabble, harlot, harpy, hat trick, haymaker, heartbreak hotel and 85 more...
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Animal Sounds
woof, ruff, bow wow, yap, arf, yip, mew, meow, moo, oink, growl, roar and 27 more...
Tweets
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