heehaw
Americannoun
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the braying sound made by a donkey.
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rude laughter.
verb (used without object)
interjection
Etymology
Origin of heehaw
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; imitative gradational compound
Example Sentences
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The result, Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The Times, is a film that takes the form of “a mock, mocking documentary, one that disjointedly swings between heehaw comedy and wincing agony.”
From New York Times
Dance historians can compare Junkyard’s HeeHaw and the more modern moves of the Beat Ya Feet Kings.
From Washington Post
Performing at the 2005 Emmy Awards, he wore “heehaw regalia,” as Fox News put it.
From Seattle Times
Taking the form of a mock, mocking documentary, one that disjointedly swings between heehaw comedy and wincing agony, the movie establishes its raised-eyebrow tone with a title card stating it’s “Based on irony-free, wildly contradictory and totally true interviews with Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly,” her former husband.
From New York Times
That these lodges allow a person to enjoy the Maine winter without that Arctic-man heehaw is a treat.
From New York Times
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