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hee-haw, n.|ˈhiːˌhɔː|
Also hiu haw, he-haw (he-hawn U.S.).
[Echoic.]
1. A conventional representation of the bray of a jackass; a name for this.
1815W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 84 note, The chants were interrupted at intervals with an Hiu Haw, in imitation of the Ass's braying. 1831S. Warren Diary Physic. xvi. (1832) I. 379 An Ass..opened on us with an astounding hee-haw! hee-haw! hee-haw! 1878Browning Poets Croisic cxx, To..estimate applause As just so many asinine he-haws. 1884C. D. Warner in Harper's Mag. Dec. 14/2 He-hawn, sire Ass, you sing.
2. A loud unrefined laugh.
1843Thackeray Miss Tickletoby's Lect. iii, If to laughter he was minded, out they burst in loud hee-haws. 1872Anne Thackeray Men's Wives 402 All the boxes began to roar with great coarse heehaws at Titania hugging Bottom's long ears.
Hence hee-haw v. intr., to bray, as an ass.
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 44 Ass after ass still hee-haws through the town. 1831S. Warren Diary Physic. xvi. (1832) I. 379 Away sprung the jackass..hee-hawing incessantly. 1859Thackeray Virgin. (Ogil.), Suppose thou art making an ass of thyself..are there not people in England who heehaw too? 1884C. D. Warner in Harper's Mag. Dec. 14/2 The ass he-hawned, or brayed..The people he-hawned or brayed thrice, in like manner. |