te-hee

American

[tee-hee] / tiˈhi /

interjection

te-heed, te-heeing

tee-hee.

te-hee British

/ ˈtiːˈhiː /

interjection

a variant spelling of tee-hee

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Etymology

Origin of te-hee

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English (interjection); imitative

Example Sentences

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Last time I scared him out of a year's growth—te-hee!—and he has none to spare, inside or out.

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She bade the laird gae kaim his wig, The sodger not to strut sae big, The lawyer not to be a prig; The fool he cried, Te-hee!

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Of laughter; ha, ha, ha; he, he, he; te-hee, te-hee.—14.

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To ease his mind still further he glared insolently at Fred, and then at Polycarp Jenks _te-hee_ing a few chairs away.

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