haw-haw

American  

[haw-haw] / ˈhɔˌhɔ /

interjection

1. (used to represent the sound of a loud, boisterous laugh.)

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noun

1. a guffaw.

Haw-Haw ¹ British  

/ ˈhɔːˌhɔː /

noun

1. See Joyce

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haw-haw ² British  

/ ˈhɔːˈhɔː /

interjection

1. a variant of ha-ha 1

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haw-haw ³ British  

/ ˈhɔːhɔː /

noun

1. a variant of ha-ha 2

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Etymology

Origin of haw-haw

1825–35; imitative; ha-ha ¹

Example Sentences

Puckett has participants​​ start off by making laughter sounds and touching the body part from which they came: "hee-hee" comes from the head; "haw-haw" from the heart; "ho-ho" from the belly.

From US News

I'm a Guardsman, and my manner is perhaps a bit "haw-haw;" But when you're in the Guards you've got to show esprit de corps.

From Project Gutenberg

Ha-ha, Hawhaw, haw-haw′, n. a sunk fence, or a ditch not seen till close upon it.

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By this the cadgeress was pushing open the wicket-gate of the haw-haw, and, now near, they could read the expression upon her features, which showed full of concern.

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"Why we asked that, but he roared out with a great haw-haw—took another drink, and said he was never christened."

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