te-hee

[ tee-hee ]

interjection

, te-heed, te-hee·ing.

1. tee-hee ( def ).

te-hee

/ ˈtiːˈhiː /

interjection

1. a variant spelling of tee-hee

Word History and Origins

Origin of te-hee¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English (interjection); imitative

Example Sentences

Last time I scared him out of a year's growth—te-hee!—and he has none to spare, inside or out.

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She bade the laird gae kaim his wig, The sodger not to strut sae big, The lawyer not to be a prig; The fool he cried, Te-hee!

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Of laughter; ha, ha, ha; he, he, he; te-hee, te-hee.—14.

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To ease his mind still further he glared insolently at Fred, and then at Polycarp Jenks _te-hee_ing a few chairs away.

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