haw-haw

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a loud, coarse, or affected laugh

   A booming haw-haw came from the men by the stove.

2. 2
   verb

   to laugh loudly or coarsely

   They haw-hawed at the actor's exaggerated fall.

3. 3
   intj

   used to represent a loud or mocking laugh

   "Haw-haw!" he cried after hearing the boast.

Imitative of the sound of a broad, open-mouthed laugh. The repeated syllable became both a written representation of laughter and a noun or verb for loud, often affected laughing.

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