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

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te-hee te-heed

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

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

The round-faced one te-heed in a way that was contagious; Miss Dorn quite loved him for it.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various

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