HEE-HAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hee-haw mean? 

• HEE-HAW (noun)
  The noun HEE-HAW has 1 sense:

1. a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing

  Familiarity information: HEE-HAW used as a noun is very rare.

• HEE-HAW (verb)
  The verb HEE-HAW has 1 sense:

1. braying characteristic of donkeys

  Familiarity information: HEE-HAW used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEE-HAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ha-ha; haw-haw; hee-haw; horselaugh

Hypernyms ("hee-haw" is a kind of...):

laugh; laughter (the sound of laughing)

Derivation:

hee-haw (braying characteristic of donkeys)

• HEE-HAW (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Braying characteristic of donkeys

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bray; hee-haw

Hypernyms (to "hee-haw" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

hee-haw (a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing)