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Ha-ha
Definitions
- 1 An approximation of the sound of laughter.
- 1 A laugh.
"His ha-ha grated on our ears as he fled down the stairs three steps at a time with us in hot pursuit."
- 2 A ditch with one vertical side, acting as a sunken fence, designed to block the entry of animals into lawns and parks without breaking sightlines.
"A few steps farther brought them out at the bottom of the very walk they had been talking of; and standing back, well shaded and sheltered, and looking over a ha-ha into the park, was a comfortable-sized bench, on which they all sat down."
- 3 a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape wordnet
- 4 Something funny; a joke.
"Durty Nelly's, […] You'll catch a few ha-has and even a golden memory or two singing along with the house piano player."
- 5 a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing wordnet
- 1 To laugh.
"He was much affected, said it was his lullaby when he was a baby, that she must stop or she would have him boo-hoo-ing right out. But he was ha-ha-ing a few moments after, and begging her “To take him for her lover, and let all those inconstant swains glide, they were not worth one of those invaluable pearls he saw in her eyes, when he met her.”"
Etymology
] Imitative.
] Imitative.
] Imitative.
From French haha, supposedly from ha! as an expression of surprise.
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