Hee-haw

Quick meaning: Hee-haw is a noun meaning (countable) The cry of an ass or donkey.

Meaning

(countable) The cry of an ass or donkey.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, Scotland, slang) Nothing.
2. The cry of an ass or donkey.
3. (intransitive) Of an ass or donkey, to make its typical vocalisation.
4. (intransitive) To mimic the cry of an ass or donkey; to make a noise resembling a donkey's vocalisations.

Example Sentences

Apart from one cool fight sequence, she pretty much does hee-haw - just like Iron Man.

An old Jack donkey came galloping and hee-hawing in great excitement at the sight of the horses and mules.

People like Dick Advocaat, who knew hee-haw about Scottish football's history, set about whittling away little bits of our tradition on the grounds... well, let's be honest, that they were an inconvenience.

The ladies were not much the wiser, though, I confess, they were not far removed from the door. The great men inside talked indistinctly and technically, and once Doctor Dillon was so unfeeling as to crack a joke—they could not distinctly hear what—and hee-haw brutally over it.

Word Forms

• hee-haws
• heehaw
• hee-hawing
• hee-hawed

Synonyms for hee-haw

Depending on context, synonyms include bray, horselaugh, ha-ha, haw-haw.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bray, horselaugh, ha-ha, haw-haw, hoo hoo, yaw-haw.

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