Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bray, as an ass.
- noun The bray of an ass or mule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb to bray in the manner of a donkey.
- noun a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
cry of an ass or donkey. - noun Scotland, slang
Nothing . - verb intransitive To utter the cry of an ass or donkey.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb braying characteristic of donkeys
- noun a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
Etymologies
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Examples
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Someone usually gets tickled and, without warning, her hee-haw gets supercharged with n|om.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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This series has had coverage and accolades out the hee-haw (which is why Universal is interested in a movie property, no doubt).
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"Heck, I'm overwhelmed and I'm supposed to know what the hee-haw I'm doing," said Tickle, author of "The Great Emergence," a well-regarded book on the future of Christianity.
Selection of English Scripture Translations Reaches Biblical Proportions Josh Fleet 2010
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I tried to avoid making it another hee-haw memoir-turned-novel, but theres my daddy in there posing as my protagonists daddy, and the daddys got a jug of whisky and a razor strop drawn back to swing down on the back of the nerdy son.
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ENOUGH from all the Bushes!!!!! they are NOT in a position to criticize anybody ..... hee-haw thanks
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THINK - SWIPE - hee-hee, hee-haw ... this would be a big first step in my journey around the neighborhood.
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"Heck, I'm overwhelmed and I'm supposed to know what the hee-haw I'm doing," said Tickle, author of "The Great Emergence," a well-regarded book on the future of Christianity.
Selection of English Scripture Translations Reaches Biblical Proportions Josh Fleet 2010
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The donkey was not impressed with my outburst at his owner and let a huge hee-haw of rage escape.
Famine Rides A Harley On His Days Off Erin Zulkoski 2011
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Their loud hee-haw calls echoed off the cement walls of the aquarium, filling the building with barnyard sounds, much to the surprise of our visitors.
The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010
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"I wish you wouldn't say 'hee-haw' so much," Polychrome begged him;
Love Letters 2010
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