haw-haw

English

Noun

haw-haw (plural haw-haws)

1. Alternative form of ha-ha (a ditch acting as a sunken fence)
   • 1847, George Payne Rainsford James, A Whim and Its Consequences:

     One line of steps we traced from the spot to the haw-haw; they were very distinct upon the turf; the heel was toward the haw-haw, the toe toward the spot where the murder was committed.

   • 2015, Matthew De Abaitua, If Then:

     […] there were three hundred yards or so of meadow ending in a haw-haw, and then a low courtyard wall.

Interjection

haw-haw

1. Alternative form of ha ha (“laughter”) (sometimes suggesting an upper-class British accent)
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 19:

     "Bless thy simplicity, Tess," said her companions. "He's got his market-nitch. Haw-haw!"

Verb

haw-haw (third-person singular simple present haw-haws, present participle haw-hawing, simple past and past participle haw-hawed)

1. Alternative form of ha-ha (“to laugh”)

Anagrams

• wah-wah