hee-haw
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hee-haw
- /ˈhiː.hɔ̰̃ː/
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Onomatopoeic coinage.
noun hee-haws · heehaw · hee haw
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The cry of an ass or donkey.
Similar: bray
- Nothing. Apart from one cool fight sequence, she pretty much does hee-haw - just like Iron Man.
interjection heehaw · hee haw
- The cry of an ass or donkey.
verb hee-haws · hee-hawing · hee-hawed · heehaw · hee haw
- Of an ass or donkey, to make its typical vocalisation. An old Jack donkey came galloping and hee-hawing in great excitement at the sight of the horses and mules.
- To mimic the cry of an ass or donkey; to make a noise resembling a donkey's vocalisations. 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.
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Talk about this word "hee-haw." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hee-haw. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hee-haw. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hee-haw "hee-haw." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hee-haw.
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@misc{hee_haw_2026,
title = {hee-haw},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hee-haw},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
