Haw-haw

Definitions: Haw-haw

Haw-haw

Noun

1. A loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing.

2. A ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.

Date "haw-haw" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references)

Synonyms: Haw-haw

Synonyms: ha-ha (n), hee-haw (n), horselaugh (n), sunk fence (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Haw-haw

Etymologies containing "haw-haw": ha-ha. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Haw-haw

"Haw-haw" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 96.00% of the time. "Haw-haw" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	96%	24	71,196
Adjective (general or positive)	4%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	25	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Haw-haw

Language		Translations for "haw-haw"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Turkish		hah ha, Kahkaha (cackle, guffaw, heehaw, laugh, laughter). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Haw-haw

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-h-h-w-w"
	-2 letters: haha.
	-3 letters: aah, aha, awa, hah, haw, waw, wha.
	-4 letters: aa, ah, aw, ha.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-h-h-w-w"
	+2 letters: hawkshaw.
	+3 letters: hawkshaws.
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