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See also:Appendix:Variations of "haha"

English

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It has been requested that this entry bemerged withha ha(+).
WOTD – 31 July 2017

Etymology 1

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A young girl and her auntlaughing

Imitative.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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ha-ha

  1. Anapproximation of thesound oflaughter.
Alternative forms
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Translations
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approximation of the sound of laughter—see alsohaha
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Noun

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ha-ha (pluralha-has)

  1. Alaugh.
    • 1916 June,The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page141, column 1:
      Hisha-ha grated on our ears as he fled down the stairs three steps at a time with us in hot pursuit.
    • 1957,Ernie Kovacs,Zoomar: A Novel, New York, N.Y.:Doubleday,→OCLC,page28:
      Ha-has from both sides of the door.
    • 1997,David Gessner,A Wild, Rank Place: One Year on Cape Cod, Hanover, N.H.:University Press of New England,→ISBN,page90:
      We had a fine dinner, punctuated with Heidi's loudha-has and lots of wine.
    • 2012, David Mazzarella, “Benigna’s Story”, inAlways Eat the Hard Crust of the Bread: Recollections and Recipes from My Centenarian Mother, Bloomington, Ind.:iUniverse, in association with TPD Publishing LLC,→ISBN,page24:
      Not just giggles or a fewha-has, but the paralyzing kind of laughter, when the eyes tear and the nose runs and one gasps seemingly unto apoplexy.
  2. Somethingfunny; ajoke.
    • 1983 March, Patricia Sharpe, Helen Thompson, “Around the State: A Selective Statewide Guide to Amusements and Events”, inTexas Monthly, volume11, number 3, Austin, Tx.: Texas Monthly, Inc.,→ISSN,→OCLC,page 68, column 3:
      Durty Nelly's,[…] You'll catch a fewha-has and even a golden memory or two singing along with the house piano player.
    • 1996, Lois A. Chaber, “Sir Charles Grandison and the Human Prospect”, in Albert J. Rivero, editor,New Essays onSamuel Richardson, New York, N.Y.:St. Martin's Press,→ISBN,page196:
      She is not rewarded until she learns to reduce her expectations, and surprises (theha-has of this novel) are the educational tool.
    • 2005 December,Sue Grafton,S is for Silence, New York, N.Y.:Putnam,→ISBN:
      If Kathy had been with us, she'd have countered with a fewha-has of her own, thus guaranteeing a laugh at his expense.

Verb

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ha-ha (third-person singular simple presentha-hasorha-ha's,present participleha-haingorha-ha'ingorha-ha-ing,simple past and past participleha-haedorha-ha'dorha-ha'edorha-ha-ed)

  1. Tolaugh.
    • 1863, Hearton Drille[pseudonym; Jeannie H. Grey],Tactics; Or, Cupid in Shoulder-Straps. A West Point Love Story., New York, N.Y.: Carleton, […], page214:
      He was much affected, said it was his lullaby when he was a baby, that she must stop or she would have him boo-hoo-ing right out. But he washa-ha-ing a few moments after, and begging her “To take him for her lover, and let all those inconstant swains glide, they were not worth one of those invaluable pearls he saw in her eyes, when he met her.”
    • 1893, “Address by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D.”, inAnnual Graduating Exercises of Peirce School of Business and Shorthand American Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pa., Thomas May Peirce, page131:
      Out with the fashion that will let a man smile, but pronounces him vulgar if heha-ha’s.
    • 1874, Katy Crane, “A Day at Deacon Potts’s”, inT[imothy] S[hay] Arthur, editor,Arthur’s Illustrated Home Magazine, volume XLII, Philadelphia, Pa.: T. S. Arthur & Son, page651:
      Sheha-ha’d like a boy over the sport.
    • 1915, Richard Sylvester,Me—My Boy—and—the Bass, page39:
      Though somewhat worn and excited, with several respectable swellings as a reminder of his experience with the new bait the boys had provided, heha-ha-ed at the practical joke and carried it home with him that evening as the most enjoyable part of the afternoon’s trip.
    • 1932, Catharine Brody,Nobody Starves, page45:
      Charlie had tipped back his chair, thrown back his head and washa-haing at some pleasantry uttered by the man with the hay-colored hair.
    • 2012, Sandra Kring, chapter 6, inA Life of Bright Ideas,Bantam Books,→ISBN, page60:
      “I’ve missed you, Bunny!” she said. I started laughing and Winnalee looked up and grinned. “What? I did!” She looked at Aunt Verdella, who washa-ha’ing, and suddenly Winnalee’s eyes narrowed and her lips parted, as though she just realized it wasn’t 1961 anymore, and, in spite of still having the oomph of a shaken can of soda pop, Aunt Verdella had aged to old.
    • 2014, David DeGeorge,Friendship, Whiskey Creek Press,→ISBN:
      Arturoha-ha’ed though his face showed no upturned mouth.

Etymology 2

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A ha-ha near Parham House inParham Park,West Sussex,England, UK

FromFrenchhaha, supposedly fromha! as anexpression ofsurprise.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ha-ha (pluralha-has)

  1. (architecture) Aditch with oneverticalside, acting as asunkenfence, designed to block the entry ofanimals intolawns andparks without breakingsightlines.
    • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, inMansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] forT[homas] Egerton, […],→OCLC,page197:
      A few steps farther brought them out at the bottom of the very walk they had been talking of; and standing back, well shaded and sheltered, and looking over aha-ha into the park, was a comfortable-sized bench, on which they all sat down.
    • 1896,H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Sayers of the Law”, inThe Island of Doctor Moreau (Heinemann’s Colonial Library of Popular Fiction;52), London:William Heinemann,→OCLC; republished asThe Island of Doctor Moreau: A Possibility, New York, N.Y.: Stone & Kimball,1896,→OCLC,pages115–116:
      This pathway ran up hill, across another open space covered with white incrustation, and plunged into a canebrake again. Then suddenly it turned parallel with the edge of a steep-walled gap, which came without warning, like theha-ha of an English park,—turned with an unexpected abruptness. I was still running with all my might, and I never saw this drop until I was flying headlong through the air.
    • 2022, Ian McEwan,Lessons, page175:
      A moody stroll through the oaks and bracken beyond theha-ha didn't help.
Alternative forms
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Translations
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ditch acting as a sunken fence

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Reduplication ofha.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑˌhɑ/,[ˈhɑ̝ˌhɑ̝]
  • Rhymes:-ɑ
  • Syllabification(key):ha‧ha
  • Hyphenation(key):ha‧ha

Interjection

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ha-ha

  1. ha-ha,haha(onomatopoeic representation of laughter)

Anagrams

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Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions ofha-ha – see哈哈 (“the sound of someone laughingout loud; the sound of someone laughingout loud; etc.”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of哈哈).
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