haw-haw

[ haw-haw ]

interjection

1. (used to represent the sound of a loud, boisterous laugh.)

noun

1. a guffaw.

haw-haw

¹

/ ˈhɔːhɔː /

noun

1. a variant of ha-ha 2

Haw-Haw

²

/ ˈhɔːˌhɔː /

noun

1. Lord Haw-Haw
   Haw-HawLord See Joyce

haw-haw

³

/ ˈhɔːˈhɔː /

interjection

1. a variant of ha-ha 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of haw-haw¹

1825–35; imitative; ha-ha ¹

Example Sentences

Puckett has participants​​ start off by making laughter sounds and touching the body part from which they came: "hee-hee" comes from the head; "haw-haw" from the heart; "ho-ho" from the belly.

From US News

I'm a Guardsman, and my manner is perhaps a bit "haw-haw;" But when you're in the Guards you've got to show esprit de corps.

From Project Gutenberg

Ha-ha, Hawhaw, haw-haw′, n. a sunk fence, or a ditch not seen till close upon it.

From Project Gutenberg

These were also outside the haw-haw, having crossed it by another causeway at back.

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"Why we asked that, but he roared out with a great haw-haw—took another drink, and said he was never christened."

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