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hee-haw en · INTJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈhiː.hɔ̰̃ː/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic coinage.

Meanings

1. The cry of an ass or donkey.

Forms

Translations (14)

hu iá (cry) · es rebuzno (cry) · fr hi-han (cry) · ru и-а́ (cry) · fi ihaa (cry) · fr hihan (cry) · de ia (cry) · gd hi homh homh (cry) · cs iá (cry) · tr ai (aa-i, a-i, aaa-ii, ...) (cry) · nl ia (cry) · cmn 咴儿 (cry) · vi hô hố (cry) · nv shíshąʼ (cry)

hee-haw en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈhiː.hɔ̰̃ː/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic coinage.

Meanings

1. (countable) The cry of an ass or donkey.
2. (Scotland, slang, uncountable) Nothing.
   • Apart from one cool fight sequence, she pretty much does hee-haw - just like Iron Man. 2010 April 30, Grant Lauchlan, Daily Record:
   • 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. 2010 September 27, Bill Leckie, The Scottish Sun:

Forms

Synonyms

bray

Translations (10)

fr hi-han (cry) · pl hi-ho (cry) · es rebuzno (cry) · bg магарешки рев (cry) · de i-ah (cry) · ru и-а́ (cry) · fr hihan (cry) · nl ia (cry) · fi (aasin) kiljunta (cry) · fi (aasin) hirnunta (cry)

hee-haw en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈhiː.hɔ̰̃ː/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic coinage.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) 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. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 84:
2. (intransitive) To mimic the cry of an ass or donkey; to make a noise resembling a donkey's vocalisations.
   • The ladies were not much the wiser, though, I confess, they were not far removed from the door. The great men inside talked indistinctly and technically, and once Doctor Dillon was so unfeeling as to crack a joke—they could not distinctly hear what—and hee-haw brutally over it. 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

Forms

Translations (2)

eo iai (to produce such a cry) · nl iaën (to produce such a cry)