as in laughter
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement
the humor may have been corny and obvious, but the audience responded with hearty hee-haws
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as in to laugh
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound
those hayseeds will hee-haw at even the dumbest jokes
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hee-haw
Noun
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Gillis then fails to pull down Hernandez's pants, prompting Sherman, Hernandez, and himself to burst into laughter.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
21 May 2025 -
There’s an art to transforming the worst days of your life into causes for laughter.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
Verb
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What if automatic password hacking machines laugh in the face of your security efforts?—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Are the locals quietly laughing at us behind our backs?—
James Fallon,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Not just on the training pitch but in the dorm rooms, talking about the future and giggling at stupid jokes.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Nearby, children giggle while eating from mango jars.—
John Okot,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 May 2025
Noun
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League sources stifle their snickers in public while privately marveling at the owner’s ceaseless stupidity. 3.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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So he must be placed in the Apparition section, next to ghosts like John Barron, sharing a snicker with Ivana.—
Greg Marotta,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2025
Verb
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There’s a touch of whimsy to this cottage-style residence in Reisterstown, as though the builder chuckled all through its construction on a quiet cul-de-sac near Liberty Reservoir.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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Fans all over the stadium instantly responded with more enthusiasm and volume while others chuckled at the callout.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Videos posted to social media appear to show the mast of the ship crashing into the bridge just before 8:30 p.m., as passengers and nearby onlookers screamed, prompting an immediate search and rescue operation on the East River for the injured and overboard passengers.—
Alexandra Koch , Alexis McAdams , CB Cotton , Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2025
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Downstairs on the fairy-tale terrace, over an exorbitant Scottish cheese board, her mother and husband and sister were all screaming at one another.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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“Hee-haw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hee-haw. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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