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haw-haw

noun

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of ha-ha (a ditch acting as a sunken fence)

    • One line of steps we traced from the spot to the haw-haw; they were very distinct upon the turf; the heel was toward the haw-haw, the toe toward the spot where the murder was committed.
    • […] there were three hundred yards or so of meadow ending in a haw-haw, and then a low courtyard wall.

  2. Alternative form of ha ha (“laughter”) (sometimes suggesting an upper-class British…

    Alternative form of ha ha (“laughter”) (sometimes suggesting an upper-class British accent)

    • "Bless thy simplicity, Tess," said her companions. "He's got his market-nitch. Haw-haw!"

  3. Alternative form of ha-ha (“to laugh”).

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