ha

1. alternativearchaicAlternative form of a (“have”).

1. A representation of laughter.

   Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny.

   2 more examples

   "I am sure, my dearest uncle [you confounded old rascal!], that you have no design really, seriously, to oppose my union with Kate. This is merely a joke of yours, I know—ha! ha! ha!—how very pleasant you are at times." "Ha! ha! ha!" said he, "curse you! yes!" "To be sure—of course! I knew you were jesting. […]"

   1841, Edgar Allan Poe, Three Sundays in a Week

   Metellus.—And a prætor must hold at his house ‘the feast to the Goddess of Chastity.’ It takes place at night, and no man must be present. Now, you know that the brother of my wife is crazily in love with Pompeia, the wife of Cæsar. Catullus.—I know that. Metellus.—Pompeia was the priestess at this feast—ha—ha—and Clodius, dressed woman’s garb, went there—ha—as a harp player—ha! Catullus.—The rascal. And they found him out?

   1914, Jaroslav Vrchlický, “The Vengeance of Catullus”, in Charles Recht, transl., Poet Lore, volume 25, page 540

2. An exclamation of triumph or discovery.

   Ha! Checkmate!

3. archaicAn exclamation of grief.
4. datedA sound of hesitation: er, um.

1. Said when making a vigorous attack.

   Ha! Take that, you ugly, stupid devil, you.

   2008, Sheryl Foulk Rogers-Ramirez, Look What God Did for Our Marriage, page 37

   4 more examples

   "That's well. Well," cried he, now for my turn. Ha! a hit! a hit!"

   1844 September, E.M. Walley, “Eighteen Months in Russia”, in The Covenant: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Cause of Odd-fellowship, volume 3, number 9, page 395

   I hit a cross-court forehand. “Ha ha haa. Great! Say, usin' cross-courts and angles like that is how O'Bramowitts beat Riggs."

   1988, Albemarle - Issues 3-7, page 49

   Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!

   1999, Mona the Vampire, "Attack of the Living Scarecrow" (season 1, episode 1a)

   'I'm armed, you lot. And if you think you can take me alive . . . Ha! Take that! And that! And that!'

   2009, Elizabeth George, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner

plural has

1. Egypthuman sciencesThe sum of bodily parts; the physical body.

   Antonyms: ka

1. pluralplural onlyAn ethnic and linguistic group based in Kigoma Region in western Tanzania.

1. The dialect of Rwanda-Rundi spoken by this group.

1. Egyptianhuman sciencesA god of the deserts to the west of Egypt, associated with the underworld (duat) and pictured as a man wearing the symbol for desert hills on his head.

1. UKabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Highways Agency.
2. Hong KongabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Hospital Authority.

plural HAs

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of high availability.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismgovernmentInitialism of hospital apprentice.