Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The braying sound made by a donkey.
- noun Informal A noisy laugh; a guffaw.
- intransitive verb To bray.
- intransitive verb Informal To guffaw.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
hee-haw . - interjection Alternative spelling of
hee-haw . - verb Alternative spelling of
hee-haw .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He rarely lifted his voice, but when he did his "heehaw" was full of satanic rage.
My beloved South, Mrs. T. P. O 1914
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The bulk of the episode is all about Ivankov and it's incredibly dragged out as he prances around in his fishnets and make-up saying 'heehaw' over and over.
Mania News Feed Chris Beveridge 2010
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Mr. Duke is not into gay … heehaw … he has other interests in the barnyard … heehaw.
Think Progress » Mississippi school district cancels prom after same-sex couple planned to attend. 2010
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I will do a 100 times better job than that screaming heehaw guy Howard Dean.
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Oh, and being followed in a Winn Dixie parking lot by one of the guitarists from the country group Alabama. that sounds nice and heehaw cooter country, eh?
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The lad might daub his canvases, christen a child a year, and be as happy as any young donkey that browses on this common of ours — but he must go and heehaw after a zebra forsooth!
The Newcomes 2006
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Virginia! are there not people in England who heehaw too?
The Virginians 2006
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That's why the Symantec site is so helpful: it offers a link that directs you to exactly where you need to go to get the patch, rather than you wading through all the Microsoft heehaw till you (maybe) find it.
W32 Blaster Worm 2003
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The lad might daub his canvases, christen a child a year, and be as happy as any young donkey that browses on this common of ours -- but he must go and heehaw after a zebra forsooth!
The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Suppose thou art making an ass of thyself, young Harry Warrington, of Virginia! are there not people in England who heehaw too?
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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