ha
interjection
(used as an exclamation of surprise, interrogation, suspicion, triumph, etc.)
ha
1 American
[hah]
/ hɑ /
Or
hah
interjection
ha
2
American
abbreviation
ḥā
3
American
[kh ah]
/ xɑ /
noun
hā
4
American
[hah]
/ hɑ /
noun
Ha
5
American
Symbol, Chemistry, Physics.
h.a.
6
American
abbreviation
-
Gunnery. high angle.
-
in this year.
ha
1
British
/ hɑː /
interjection
-
an exclamation expressing derision, triumph, surprise, etc, according to the intonation of the speaker
-
(reiterated) a representation of the sound of laughter
Ha
2
British
abbreviation
ha
3
British
symbol
h.a.
4
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of ha1
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at ha-ha 1
Origin of ḥā3
From Arabic
Origin of hā4
From Arabic
Origin of h.a.6
h.a. ( def. 2 ) < Latin hōc annō
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Ha ha, what a crazy time that was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
They said, ‘Oh, yeah, ha ha, that’s funny, go for it.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
“They’re not going to do that again. Ha ha ha ha.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025
At first I posted it kind of lighthearted, like, “Oh, ha, she looks like me.”
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2025
For he shaved our skull, and cleansed our wound and bound it neat with bandages stolen from the home of an unsuspecting leader of the mob, ha!
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Hay, hā, n. a country-dance with winding movement.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Hey, hā, interj. expressive of joy or interrogation.—interj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Hay, hā, n. grass cut down and dried for fodder.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Ha ha, what a crazy time that was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
While World Models have conceptually been around for decades, one inspiration for this work was an influential paper published in 2018 by David Ha and Jurgen Schmidhuber, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
New York Times spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha said in an email to the Associated Press that Griffin’s lawsuit “repeatedly misrepresents The New York Times story and its reporting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
"We analyzed the star for a large swath of elements, and the abundances are quite low for all of them," said Ha Do, another student on the team.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026
He’s going to say, “Just kidding! Ha, Veturius, the look on your face...”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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