yaw-haw

noun

A loud, coarse laugh.

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Meanings

nounyaw-haw (plural yaw-haws)

plural yaw-haws

  1. A loud, coarse laugh.

    […] it was greeted with "a loud, tremendous yaw haw from all quarters," […]

    1965, George Rawlings Poage, Henry Clay and the Whig Party
verbyaw-haw (third-person singular simple present yaw-haws, present participle yaw-hawing, simple past and past participle yaw-hawed)

present singular third person yaw-haws · participle present yaw-hawing · participle past yaw-hawed · past yaw-hawed

  1. To laugh loudly

Origin

Imitative

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Translations

Finnish hahattaa, hohottaa
  • hahattaato laugh loudly
  • hohottaato laugh loudly
Cite this entry
APA

yaw-haw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yaw-haw

MLA

“yaw-haw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yaw-haw. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yaw-haw,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yaw-haw.

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