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

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

I knew if I got a look at Vee I'd have to haw-haw; so I backs around with one hand behind me and we swaps a finger squeeze.

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster

I saw 'em nudgin' each other and stretchin' their necks, and they seems to indulge in a lively debate, which ends in a general haw-haw.

From Torchy and Vee by Ford, Sewell

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 Lever, Charles James

Sometimes, indeed, they seemed to remember; and when the pseudo young crow began his racket at the bottom of some thick grove they would collect on a distant pine tree and haw-haw in vigorous answer.

From Ways of Wood Folk by Copeland, Charles