heehaw

[ hee-haw ]
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noun
  1. the braying sound made by a donkey.

  2. rude laughter.

verb (used without object)
  1. to bray.

Origin of heehaw

1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; imitative gradational compound

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How to use heehaw in a sentence

  • From somewhere just out of their view had come the loud heehaw, heehaw of a donkey.

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British Dictionary definitions for heehaw

heehaw

/ (ˌhiːˈhɔː) /


interjection
  1. an imitation or representation of the braying sound of a donkey

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