har

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UK/hɑː/US/hɑɹ/

noun

A hinge.

OriginMiddle English harre ← Old English heorra ← Proto-West Germanic *herʀō →
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Meanings

har1

nounhar (plural hars)

plural hars · alternative harr · alternative harre

  1. dialectalA hinge.

har2

interjection

alternative hardy har har

  1. A sound of laughter, sometimes with a sarcastic connotation.

    I've kidnapped that lumbering fool Donkey Kong and you will never see him again. Har-har-har-har!

    1995, Rare, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Nintendo, →OCLC, SNES, scene: Pirate Panic
    1 more example

    Armorer: 'THIS BE THE AERIAL ANVIL! NEED AN ARMOR UPGRADE? IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FORGED, I'M YOUR FELLA! HAR HAR!'

    2014, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Armor Outpost

har3

particle
  1. ManglishSinglishalternativeAlternative form of hah (interrogative particle).

Har4

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Hari.

HAR5

nounHAR (plural HARs)

plural HARs

  1. abbreviationacronymevolutionary theorybiologyAcronym of human accelerated region.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hinge

Origin

har · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kerd-“to move, sway, swing, jump”
  2. Proto-Germanic*herzô“hinge”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*herʀō
  4. Old Englishheorra“hinge; cardinal point”
  5. Middle Englishharre
  6. Englishhar

Inherited from Middle English harre, herre, from Old English heorra (“hinge; cardinal point”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀō, from Proto-Germanic *herzô (“hinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). Cognate with Scots herre, harr, har (“hinge”), Dutch harre, her, har (“hinge”), Icelandic hjarri (“hinge”), Latin cardō (“hinge”).

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har · interjection

Onomatopoeic.

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har · particle

  1. Hokkien哈
  2. Englishhar

Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ).

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Har · proper noun

  1. Sanskritहरि
  2. EnglishHar

Abbreviation or ellipsis of Sanskrit हरि (hari)

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with har

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

har. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/har

MLA

“har.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/har. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “har,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/har.

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