tee-hee
(used as an exclamation or representation of laughter, as in expressing amusement or derision.)
a titter; snicker.
Origin of tee-hee
1- Sometimes te-hee .
Words Nearby tee-hee
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How to use tee-hee in a sentence
The lazy among us would say the Tony Awards because—tee hee—gays love musical theater and Patti LuPone and jazz hands and UGH.
Oscars, the Super Bowl for Women & Other People’s Super Bowls | Kevin Fallon | February 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe leetle cuffy looked at the gal, and then they both begun to giggle and tee-hee like any thing.
Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick, | Ann S. StephensThe rippling tee-hee of maidenly merriment rasps roughly on their ears, provoking wrath in the collar.
The Army Mule and Other War Sketches | Henry A. CastleAt the finish of this improvisation the dreadfully confused Minnie went, "tee-hee!"
The Seven Darlings | Gouverneur MorrisAnd so they kept on singan, squeakan, and tee-hee-an, in going back in the end till they were out of hearan.
Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series | William Bottrell
Fat was bayoneting them as fast as he could, and "tee-hee-ing" all the time.
Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'Brien
British Dictionary definitions for tee-hee
te-hee
/ (ˈtiːˈhiː) /
an exclamation of laughter, esp when mocking
a chuckle
(intr) to snigger or laugh, esp derisively
Origin of tee-hee
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