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View synonyms for heehaw

heehaw

[ hee-haw ]

noun

  1. the braying sound made by a donkey.
  2. rude laughter.


verb (used without object)

  1. to bray.

heehaw

/ ˌhiːˈhɔː /

interjection

  1. an imitation or representation of the braying sound of a donkey
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heehaw1

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; imitative gradational compound
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Example Sentences

From somewhere just out of their view had come the loud heehaw, heehaw of a donkey.

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