hee-haw

noun
/ˈhiː.hɔ̰̃ː/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic coinage.

Definitions

  1. The cry of an ass or donkey.

  2. Nothing.

    • Apart from one cool fight sequence, she pretty much does hee-haw - just like Iron Man.
    • People like Dick Advocaat, who knew hee-haw about Scottish football's history, set about whittling away little bits of our tradition on the grounds... well, let's be honest, that they were an inconvenience.
  3. Of an ass or donkey, to make its typical vocalisation.

    • An old Jack donkey came galloping and hee-hawing in great excitement at the sight of the horses and mules.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To mimic the cry of an ass or donkey

      To mimic the cry of an ass or donkey; to make a noise resembling a donkey's vocalisations.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for hee-haw. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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