tee-heeint.n.

/ˈtiːˈhiː/

Forms: Middle English–1800s te-hee, 1500s–1600s ty-hee, 1500s– tee-hee, 1600s teh-hee, tih-hee, tigh-hee, 1800s tie-hee; Middle English– tie-he, tie-hee, 1500s tie-heegh, tie-hei, tie-hy, 1600s tie-hi, 1600s–1800s tie-hie: as one word, or as two, or hyphenated.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare he, he at he int.²

A. int.

A representation of the sound of a light laugh, usually derisive. In quots. usually in female use. Cf. he int.²

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > representations of laughter [interjection] > representation of a light laugh

tee-heec1386

c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 554 Tehee [v.rr. Te hee; Cambr. Te he; Corpus Tehe; Petworth Ti he], quod she, and clapte the wyndow to.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 ‘Tehe!’ [1568 To hie], quod scho, and gaif ane gawfe.

a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 181 Than all the wenschis te he þai playit.

1588 N. Yonge Musica Transalpina xli. sig. Fj^v When I lament my case thou cryest..ty hy, and no no no.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot To Rdr. Rosinante looks for your Tih-hee, and you shall have his Whi-hee.

1773 W. Mason Heroick Epist. Sir W. Chambers 134 And all the Maids of Honour cry Te! He!

1944 A. Huxley Let. 24 Feb. (1969) 500 Tee hee, tee hee, oh sweet delight!

B. n.

A laugh of this kind; a titter, a giggle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > giggling or tittering > instance of

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gigglea1677

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titter1725

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 178 The Tutt of Gentlemen, the Tee-heegh of Gentlewomen.

1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 116 As manie tigh~hees as euer came out of god Liber or Bacchus his mouth.

1743 H. Fielding Ess. Char. Men in Misc. I. 194 The various Laughs, Titters, tehes, &c. of the Fair Sex.

1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 58 (1756) II. 36 Tehees and Titters in the Women..totally destroy their Beauty.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. ii. v. 64 Our poor young Prince gets his Opera plaudits changed into mocking tehees.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. vi. 90 Astonishment, flebile ludibrium, tragical tehee from gods and men, will come of the Duel!

Compounds

tee-hee farm n. nonce a psychiatric hospital; cf. funny farm n. at funny adj., n.², and adv. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. v. 172 Everybody knows about Rose, that they've sent her sister Rose back from the tee-hee farm and Esther has to take her in.

1971 Publishers' Weekly 1 Nov. 17/2 This accounts for Newsweek's rather snide coverage and the tee-hee reports in the press.

Derivatives

teeˈhee v. (intransitive) to utter tee-hee in laughing; to laugh affectedly or derisively; to titter, giggle; also as tee and hee (nonce).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (intransitive)] > laugh derisively

to laugh smerec1275

fleerc1440

teehee1580

deride1619

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > giggle

giggle1509

teehee1580

tittera1625

twitter1654

whickera1656

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > laugh derisively

teehee1580

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > giggle > utter tee-hee

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1580 G. Harvey Three Proper Lett. in Wks. (1884) I. 61 The Gentlewoomen..tyhying betweene them selues.

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C2^v And the wenches, they doe so geere and tihe at him.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 158 My money..began to laugh and tighie in my purse.

1721 T. D'Urfey Ariadne ii. i, in New Opera's 205 Oh! how she would teehee, and simper, and sneer.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xiv. 132 What frightened me most of all, the new man tee-hee'd with laughter as he..looked at me.

1904 J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Eri v. 81 ‘That's it, laff!’ almost sobbed Captain Jerry. ‘Set there and tee-hee like a Bedlamite.’

1928 V. Woolf Orlando iv. 163 He teed and heed intolerably.

teeˈheeing n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > giggling or tittering

teeheeing?a1300

giggling?1518

tittering1637

twittering1654

titteration1753

gigglement1820

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > giggling

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tittering1671

teeheeing1935

?a1300 Proverb. Verses in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 14 Liþer lok and tuinkling Tihing and tikeling.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 96 They fell to teighing, and now they laugh you to skorne.

1935 ‘G. Orwell’ in New English Weekly 14 Nov. 96/1 Life is full of misery when you believe that the grave really finishes you... Hence the tee-heeing brightness of Punch, hence Barrie and his bluebells, hence H. G. Wells and his Utopiæ infested by nude school-marms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	tee-hee
释义	tee-heeint.n. /ˈtiːˈhiː/ Forms: Middle English–1800s te-hee, 1500s–1600s ty-hee, 1500s– tee-hee, 1600s teh-hee, tih-hee, tigh-hee, 1800s tie-hee; Middle English– tie-he, tie-hee, 1500s tie-heegh, tie-hei, tie-hy, 1600s tie-hi, 1600s–1800s tie-hie: as one word, or as two, or hyphenated. Etymology: Imitative. Compare he, he at he int.² A. int. A representation of the sound of a light laugh, usually derisive. In quots. usually in female use. Cf. he int.² ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > representations of laughter [interjection] > representation of a light laugh tee-heec1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 554 Tehee [v.rr. Te hee; Cambr. Te he; Corpus Tehe; Petworth Ti he], quod she, and clapte the wyndow to. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 ‘Tehe!’ [1568 To hie], quod scho, and gaif ane gawfe. a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 181 Than all the wenschis te he þai playit. 1588 N. Yonge Musica Transalpina xli. sig. Fj^v When I lament my case thou cryest..ty hy, and no no no. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot To Rdr. Rosinante looks for your Tih-hee, and you shall have his Whi-hee. 1773 W. Mason Heroick Epist. Sir W. Chambers 134 And all the Maids of Honour cry Te! He! 1944 A. Huxley Let. 24 Feb. (1969) 500 Tee hee, tee hee, oh sweet delight! B. n. A laugh of this kind; a titter, a giggle. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > giggling or tittering > instance of tee-hee1593 gigglea1677 twitter1700 titter1725 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 178 The Tutt of Gentlemen, the Tee-heegh of Gentlewomen. 1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 116 As manie tigh~hees as euer came out of god Liber or Bacchus his mouth. 1743 H. Fielding Ess. Char. Men in Misc. I. 194 The various Laughs, Titters, tehes, &c. of the Fair Sex. 1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 58 (1756) II. 36 Tehees and Titters in the Women..totally destroy their Beauty. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. ii. v. 64 Our poor young Prince gets his Opera plaudits changed into mocking tehees. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. vi. 90 Astonishment, flebile ludibrium, tragical tehee from gods and men, will come of the Duel! Compounds tee-hee farm n. nonce a psychiatric hospital; cf. funny farm n. at funny adj., n.², and adv. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. v. 172 Everybody knows about Rose, that they've sent her sister Rose back from the tee-hee farm and Esther has to take her in. 1971 Publishers' Weekly 1 Nov. 17/2 This accounts for Newsweek's rather snide coverage and the tee-hee reports in the press. Derivatives teeˈhee v. (intransitive) to utter tee-hee in laughing; to laugh affectedly or derisively; to titter, giggle; also as tee and hee (nonce). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (intransitive)] > laugh derisively to laugh smerec1275 fleerc1440 teehee1580 deride1619 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > giggle giggle1509 teehee1580 tittera1625 twitter1654 whickera1656 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > laugh derisively teehee1580 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > giggle > utter tee-hee teehee1580 1580 G. Harvey Three Proper Lett. in Wks. (1884) I. 61 The Gentlewoomen..tyhying betweene them selues. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C2^v And the wenches, they doe so geere and tihe at him. View more context for this quotation 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 158 My money..began to laugh and tighie in my purse. 1721 T. D'Urfey Ariadne ii. i, in New Opera's 205 Oh! how she would teehee, and simper, and sneer. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xiv. 132 What frightened me most of all, the new man tee-hee'd with laughter as he..looked at me. 1904 J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Eri v. 81 ‘That's it, laff!’ almost sobbed Captain Jerry. ‘Set there and tee-hee like a Bedlamite.’ 1928 V. Woolf Orlando iv. 163 He teed and heed intolerably. teeˈheeing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > giggling or tittering teeheeing?a1300 giggling?1518 tittering1637 twittering1654 titteration1753 gigglement1820 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > giggling giggling1611 tittering1671 teeheeing1935 ?a1300 Proverb. Verses in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 14 Liþer lok and tuinkling Tihing and tikeling. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 96 They fell to teighing, and now they laugh you to skorne. 1935 ‘G. Orwell’ in New English Weekly 14 Nov. 96/1 Life is full of misery when you believe that the grave really finishes you... Hence the tee-heeing brightness of Punch, hence Barrie and his bluebells, hence H. G. Wells and his Utopiæ infested by nude school-marms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < int.n.?a1300
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