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hee haw en · INTJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of hee-haw.
    alt of hee-haw

hee haw en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of hee-haw.
    alt of hee-haw
  2. (countable) A braying laugh.
    • The little gurgling sounds became great big hee haws of hysteria. 2009, Wave Joann Stevens, Mystery, Adventure & Nonsense: True Stories of Make-Believe, →ISBN:
    • He had sharp brown eyes that he made look merry when it suited him, and a subborn chin he hid behind a hearty, good ol' boy hee haw that disarmed those who didn't know him well, but put the few who did on full alert. 1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 64:
    • He answered, blooming out with a clownish grin that usually brought big hee-haws, “Sixteen. Short for my age.” 2008, Afton Greenwood, Grave Notes on Aurelia, →ISBN, page 6:

Forms

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hee haws Number=Plur lexicographic

hee haw en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of hee-haw.
    alt of hee-haw
    • Burro hee hawed and hee hawed until she was red in the face. 2013, Charles Jason Byrley, Rendering Silence, →ISBN, page 33:
    • In fact, I was actually hee hawing! 2011, Joy Elaine McMillan, Storms Never Last: Memoirs of a Playboy Bunny, →ISBN, page 53:

Forms

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hee hawed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hee hawed Tense=Past lexicographic
hee hawing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hee haws Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic