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Meaning 1
An approximation of the sound of laughter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ha-ha
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːhɑː/
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɑːˈhɑː/
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General-American: /ˈhɑˌhɑ/
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General-American: /ˌhɑˈhɑ/
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rhymes with -ɑːhɑː
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rhymes with -ɑː
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CMU ARPABET: HH AA2 HH AA1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A laugh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Something funny; a joke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A ditch with one vertical side, acting as a sunken fence, designed to block the entry of animals into lawns and parks without breaking sightlines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ha-ha fence, sunk fence
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To laugh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sunk fence, haw-haw
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ditch
noun
Meaning 7
a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hee-haw, horselaugh, haw-haw
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laugh, laughter
History
Etymology
] Imitative.
From French haha, supposedly from ha! as an expression of surprise.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: هَاهَا (hā-hā) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Arabic: هِهِهِهِ (hehehehe) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Bulgarian: ха-ха (ha-ha) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Chinese Mandarin: 哈哈 (hāhā) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Finnish: ha-ha — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Finnish: hah-hah — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Georgian: ჰა-ჰა (ha-ha) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Georgian: ჰე-ჰე (he-he) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Hebrew: חחח — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Icelandic: haha — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Italian: ah ah — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Japanese: ふふふ — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Japanese: へへへ — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Japanese: えへ — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Japanese: おーっほほほほ — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Japanese: けけけ — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Korean: ᄏᄏᄏ (kkk) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Korean: 하하하 (k'k'k', hahaha) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Latin: hahae — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Latin: hahahahae — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Latvian: hahā — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Persian: هههه (he-he) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Persian: هاها (hâ-hâ) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Polish: ha ha — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Polish: cha cha — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Portuguese: haha — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Russian: ха-ха-ха (xa-xa-xa) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Spanish: jajaja — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Swedish: haha — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Swedish: hihi — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Tajik: ха-ха (xa-xa) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Turkmen: ha-ha — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Uyghur: خاخا (xaxa) — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Uzbek: ha-ha — approximation of the sound of laughter
- Finnish: ha-ha — ditch acting as a sunken fence
- French: haha — ditch acting as a sunken fence
- French: saut-de-loup — ditch acting as a sunken fence
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