Ha
intj, name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 The sum of bodily parts; the physical body. Egypt
- 2 An ethnic and linguistic group based in Kigoma Region in western Tanzania. plural, plural-only
- 3 Initialism of high availability. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 4 (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day wordnet
- 5 Initialism of hospital apprentice. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
- 1 Alternative form of a (“have”). alt-of, alternative, archaic
- 1 A representation of laughter.
"Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny."
- 2 Said when making a vigorous attack.
""That's well. Well," cried he, now for my turn. Ha! a hit! a hit!""
- 3 An exclamation of triumph or discovery.
"Ha! Checkmate!"
- 4 An exclamation of grief. archaic
- 5 A sound of hesitation: er, um. dated
- 1 The dialect of Rwanda-Rundi spoken by this group.
- 2 A god of the deserts to the west of Egypt, associated with the underworld (duat) and pictured as a man wearing the symbol for desert hills on his head. Egyptian
- 3 Initialism of Highways Agency. British, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 Initialism of Hospital Authority. Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Ha - this work's finished! Let's move on to the next stage!"
Etymology
Attested early 14th century, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Danish ha, Dutch ha, Finnish ha, Hungarian ha, Latin ha, Latvian ha, Swedish ha.
Onomatopoeic.
Borrowed from Egyptian ḥꜥ.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.