haw-haw

American  

[haw-haw] / ˈhɔˌhɔ /

interjection

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

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noun

1. a guffaw.

Haw-Haw ¹ British  

/ ˈhɔːˌhɔː /

noun

1. See Joyce

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haw-haw ² British  

/ ˈhɔːˈhɔː /

interjection

1. a variant of ha-ha 1

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haw-haw ³ British  

/ ˈhɔːhɔː /

noun

1. a variant of ha-ha 2

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Etymology

Origin of haw-haw

1825–35; imitative; ha-ha ¹

Example Sentences

But their neighbors, the Bailey family, have spent the cold-war years lining their nests and crying haw-haw at C.D., except for daughter Lenore, who is devoted both to Chuck Conner and radiochemistry.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is absurd, then, in a society whose interchange of thought is expressed in monosyllables, and a certain haw-haw dreariness pervades all intercourse, to say that people are above Whist.

From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Lever, Charles James

Why, if this ere rattlesnake could laugh as well as bite, he'd have a good haw-haw over Miss Lina's way of fighting snakes.

From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

And old Mr. Crow, who was noted for his rudeness, even burst out with a hoarse haw-haw.

From The Tale of Ferdinand Frog by Smith, Harry L.

The Dook looked surprised, but he begun to haw-haw, and he slapped me on the back and said, ‘Good joke, ol’ chap, good joke!’

From Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Irvin, Rea