haha
haha Lexical Profile
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• interjection
Used to represent the sound of laughter, or to express amusement, triumph, or derisive mockery.
"Haha, that was one of the funniest stories I have heard all week!"
• noun
An instance or sound of laughter, or a light, humorous matter.
"His dramatic slip on the icy sidewalk earned a loud haha from his friends."
A sunken fence or ditch with a steep retaining wall on one side, designed to keep grazing livestock out of a garden or park without obstructing the scenic view (usually spelled ha-ha).
"The historic country estate used a stone haha to separate the manicured lawn from the sheep pasture."
• Rhymes for haha
Word Origin & Etymology
In its sense as an interjection and representation of laughter, the word is a natural onomatopoeic reduplication attested since Old English. In the landscape architecture sense (more commonly hyphenated as 'ha-ha'), it was borrowed in the early 18th century from French haha, named from the exclamation of surprise uttered upon unexpectedly encountering the concealed drop.