Har

//hɑː// intj, name, noun, particle

intj, name, noun, particle ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hinge. dialectal
  2. 2
    Acronym of human accelerated region. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Intj
  1. 1
    A sound of laughter, with a sarcastic connotation.

    "I've kidnapped that lumbering fool Donkey Kong and you will never see him again. Har-har-har-har!"

Particle
  1. 1
    Alternative form of hah (interrogative particle). Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Hari. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

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hingehinge

Example

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""But how are you alive, father?" "I... I'm not sure. Maybe Ganon absorbed all the—" "Ganon did what?" "Hmm... I'll explain it later." "Maybe Heaven doesn't want him! Har har har!""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English harre, herre, from Old English heorra (“hinge; cardinal point”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀō, from Proto-Germanic *herzô (“hinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). Cognate with Scots herre, harr, har (“hinge”), Dutch harre, her, har (“hinge”), Icelandic hjarri (“hinge”), Latin cardō (“hinge”).

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ).

Etymology 4

Abbreviation or ellipsis of Sanskrit हरि (hari)

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