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		Definition of hee-haw in English: hee-hawnoun ˈhiːhɔːˈhi ˌhɔ 1The loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule.  the burros brayed in raucous stentorian hee-haws  Example sentencesExamples -  She began laughing in an obnoxious way, sounding like a mix between a donkey hee-haw and a pig snort.
 -  She imitates his nasal hee-haw very loudly and we look on, aghast.
 -  He let out a hee-haw of pain as we dragged him on his stomach away from the hole.
 -  One particular group of males perched behind us had particularly irritating mating calls, responding to the incessant female cries with various forms of donkey-like hee-haws.
 -  This set Dave off so badly that he started up the hee-haw again.
 -  To the northwest, the donkey will hee-haw, hee-haw, hee-haw for maybe fifteen seconds.
 
 - 1.1US informal as modifier Relating to or denoting unsophisticated rural humour and attitudes.
 an Elvis-loving hee-haw governor  Example sentencesExamples -  This seemed to strike a funny cord in Jake, because he began laughing in an almost hee-haw kind of cackling.
 -  If you aren't prepared for a big dose of early-60's style hee-haw music, don't buy this album.
 -  When the national media deigned to pay any attention to it, it was invariably with snobbish disdain, hee-haw chuckling at the hillbilly music of athletics.
 -  Those who look past the stereotypes about the oil-rich hee-haw Texans coming to town will see a strong political conservative focus in the new administration, determinedly applied.
 -  The hee-haw stuff is also mixed with earnest stuff: ‘I'm always amazed by our salespeople's acumen.’
 -  This hee-haw fellow resonated with youngsters.
 -  Little things start to annoy them - the height of the rough, the same old lunch menu, the hee-haw laugh of a certain fellow member.
 -  This is a hee-haw sitcom with a supporting cast of caricatures.
 
  
 
 verbˈhiːhɔːˈhi ˌhɔ [no object]Make the loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule.  the hee-hawing of the mules  Example sentencesExamples -  My memories of him will be as the little chatterbox, cracking the one liners, hee-hawing uncontrollably.
 -  The gang laughed and hee-hawed, stomped and danced and chanted a good-night prayer.
 
 
 Origin   Early 19th century: imitative.    Definition of hee-haw in US English: hee-hawnounˈhē ˌhôˈhi ˌhɔ 1The loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule.  Example sentencesExamples -  She imitates his nasal hee-haw very loudly and we look on, aghast.
 -  This set Dave off so badly that he started up the hee-haw again.
 -  He let out a hee-haw of pain as we dragged him on his stomach away from the hole.
 -  To the northwest, the donkey will hee-haw, hee-haw, hee-haw for maybe fifteen seconds.
 -  One particular group of males perched behind us had particularly irritating mating calls, responding to the incessant female cries with various forms of donkey-like hee-haws.
 -  She began laughing in an obnoxious way, sounding like a mix between a donkey hee-haw and a pig snort.
 
 - 1.1US informal as modifier Relating to or denoting unsophisticated rural humor and attitudes.
 Example sentencesExamples -  Those who look past the stereotypes about the oil-rich hee-haw Texans coming to town will see a strong political conservative focus in the new administration, determinedly applied.
 -  The hee-haw stuff is also mixed with earnest stuff: ‘I'm always amazed by our salespeople's acumen.’
 -  This seemed to strike a funny cord in Jake, because he began laughing in an almost hee-haw kind of cackling.
 -  Little things start to annoy them - the height of the rough, the same old lunch menu, the hee-haw laugh of a certain fellow member.
 -  When the national media deigned to pay any attention to it, it was invariably with snobbish disdain, hee-haw chuckling at the hillbilly music of athletics.
 -  This is a hee-haw sitcom with a supporting cast of caricatures.
 -  This hee-haw fellow resonated with youngsters.
 -  If you aren't prepared for a big dose of early-60's style hee-haw music, don't buy this album.
 
  
 
 verbˈhē ˌhôˈhi ˌhɔ [no object]Make the loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule.  Example sentencesExamples -  My memories of him will be as the little chatterbox, cracking the one liners, hee-hawing uncontrollably.
 -  The gang laughed and hee-hawed, stomped and danced and chanted a good-night prayer.
 
 
 Origin   Early 19th century: imitative.     |