heehaw
heehaw Lexical Profile
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• interjection
Used to imitate the loud, harsh braying sound made by a donkey or mule.
"The children giggled as the storyteller cried out 'heehaw!' during the barnyard tale."
• noun
The loud, harsh braying sound characteristic of a donkey or mule.
"A sudden heehaw from the pasture announced that the donkey had spotted the feed bucket."
A loud, coarse, or boisterous laugh.
"His joke was met with a raucous heehaw from the back of the room."
• verb
To make the loud, harsh crying sound of a donkey; to bray.
"The old mule began to heehaw loudly as the wagon approached the barn."
To laugh in a loud, coarse, or boisterous manner.
"The audience began to heehaw at the comedian's exaggerated facial expressions."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Originating in the early 19th century, the word is an onomatopoeic formation directly imitating the alternating high and low pitches of a donkey's bray.