Hee-haw

//ˈhiː.hɔ̰̃ː// intj, noun, verb, slang

intj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The cry of an ass or donkey. countable
  2. 2
    a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing wordnet
  3. 3
    Nothing. Scotland, slang, uncountable

    "Apart from one cool fight sequence, she pretty much does hee-haw - just like Iron Man."

Verb
  1. 1
    To utter the cry of an ass or donkey. intransitive

    "The ladies were not much the wiser, though, I confess, they were not far removed from the door. The great men inside talked indistinctly and technically, and once Doctor Dillon was so unfeeling as to crack a joke—they could not distinctly hear what—and hee-haw brutally over it."

  2. 2
    braying characteristic of donkeys wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    The cry of an ass or donkey.

Example

More examples

"Apart from one cool fight sequence, she pretty much does hee-haw - just like Iron Man."

Etymology

Onomatopoeic coinage.

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