hehe

[ hee-hee ]

interjection
  1. (used as an exclamation or representation of laughter, as in expressing amusement, embarrassment, or derision.): Compare ha-ha1, tee-hee (def. 1).

noun
  1. a giggle or titter.

Origin of hehe

1
First recorded before 1000; of expressive origin
  • Also hee·hee, hee-hee, hee hee, he-he, he he .

Other definitions for Hehe (2 of 2)

Hehe
[ hey-hey ]

noun
  1. a member of an Indigenous people of southern Tanzania.

  2. the Bantu language of the Hehe.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Hehe, an indigenous people of southern Tanzania, or to their language.

Origin of Hehe

2
First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use hehe in a sentence

  • Not he!he loosened her desperate hands from about his throat, and forced her back, holding her at arms length.

    The Sorrows of Satan | Marie Corelli
  • When he was drunk, he was very pale and used to rub his hands and laugh, or rather neigh, He-he-he!

  • Time she gits 'em into Man's shack she'll have to go outside every time she wants to turn around—he-he!

    Lonesome Land | B. M. Bower
  • I met him up here a little ways just now, and he was so sober he remembered to pay me that ten I lent him t' other day—he-he!

    Lonesome Land | B. M. Bower
  • You write—blight, you will keep—cheap, your promise to write to me—he-he, to Augsburg soon—spoon.