haw-haw
interjection
(used to represent the sound of a loud, boisterous laugh.)
haw-haw
American
[haw-haw]
/ ˈhɔˌhɔ /
interjection
noun
Haw-Haw
1
British
/ ˈhɔːˌhɔː /
noun
haw-haw
2
British
/ ˈhɔːˈhɔː /
interjection
haw-haw
3
British
/ ˈhɔːhɔː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of haw-haw
1825–35; imitative; see ha-ha 1
Example Sentences
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But their neighbors, the Bailey family, have spent the cold-war years lining their nests and crying haw-haw at C.D., except for daughter Lenore, who is devoted both to Chuck Conner and radiochemistry.
From Time Magazine Archive
And old Mr. Crow, who was noted for his rudeness, even burst out with a hoarse haw-haw.
From The Tale of Ferdinand Frog by Harry L. Smith
It is absurd, then, in a society whose interchange of thought is expressed in monosyllables, and a certain haw-haw dreariness pervades all intercourse, to say that people are above Whist.
From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Charles James Lever
I repaid this sum later on, but Mr. McComb never failed, whenever I made a business proposition that seemed hazardous, to say, with a great haw-haw: "Well, John, that is one of your salt speculations."
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by John Sherman
About ten minutes afterwards Mr Tommy Dott made his appearance; he extended his hand to me, saying, in a haw-haw way, “Keene, my dear fellow, I’m glad to see you.”
From Percival Keene by Frederick Marryat
The last person to be convicted under the separate and more serious Treason Act of 1351 was William Joyce, a World War II Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw-Haw.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
West’s account of the trial of William Joyce, better known as Lord Haw-Haw, the British fascist and Nazi propagandist who was executed in 1946 for treason, is an odd read.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2017
Game changing news in the Fifa corruption war, as Qatar unveils its Lord Haw-Haw.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2014
U.S. students of short wave bracketed him with barefaced Lord Haw-Haw as another, but more harmless, renegade.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Speakin' man to man, Haw-Haw, d'you think Jerry will forget me?"
From The Night Horseman by Max Brand
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