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ha

verb
/hɑː/

Etymology

Attested early 14th century, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Danish ha, Dutch ha, Finnish ha, Hungarian ha, Latin ha, Latvian ha, Swedish ha.

  1. borrowed from ḥꜥ

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of a (“have”).

  2. A representation of laughter.

    • Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny.

  3. An exclamation of triumph or discovery.

    • Ha! Checkmate!
  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. An exclamation of grief.

    2. A sound of hesitation

      A sound of hesitation: er, um.

    3. Said when making a vigorous attack.

      • "That's well. Well," cried he, now for my turn. Ha! a hit! a hit!"
      • I hit a cross-court forehand. “Ha ha haa. Great! Say, usin' cross-courts and angles like that is how O'Bramowitts beat Riggs."
      • Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!

    4. The sum of bodily parts

      The sum of bodily parts; the physical body.

    5. An ethnic and linguistic group based in Kigoma Region in western Tanzania.

    6. The dialect of Rwanda-Rundi spoken by this group.

    7. A god of the deserts to the west of Egypt, associated with the underworld (duat) and…

      A god of the deserts to the west of Egypt, associated with the underworld (duat) and pictured as a man wearing the symbol for desert hills on his head.

    8. Initialism of Highways Agency.

    9. Initialism of Hospital Authority.

    10. Initialism of high availability.

    11. Initialism of hospital apprentice.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA