hee haw

plural hee haws

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of hee-haw.
2. countableA braying laugh.

   The little gurgling sounds became great big hee haws of hysteria.

   2009, Wave Joann Stevens, Mystery, Adventure & Nonsense: True Stories of Make-Believe, →ISBN

   2 more examples

   He had sharp brown eyes that he made look merry when it suited him, and a subborn chin he hid behind a hearty, good ol' boy hee haw that disarmed those who didn't know him well, but put the few who did on full alert.

   1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 64

   He answered, blooming out with a clownish grin that usually brought big hee-haws, “Sixteen. Short for my age.”

   2008, Afton Greenwood, Grave Notes on Aurelia, →ISBN, page 6

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of hee-haw.

present singular third person hee haws · participle present hee hawing · participle past hee hawed · past hee hawed

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of hee-haw.

   In fact, I was actually hee hawing!

   2011, Joy Elaine McMillan, Storms Never Last: Memoirs of a Playboy Bunny, →ISBN, page 53

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   Burro hee hawed and hee hawed until she was red in the face.

   2013, Charles Jason Byrley, Rendering Silence, →ISBN, page 33