HEEHAW Definition & Meaning

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heehaw

[ hee-haw ]

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noun

the braying sound made by a donkey.
rude laughter.

verb (used without object)

to bray.

heehaw

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interjection

an imitation or representation of the braying sound of a donkey

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Origin of heehaw¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; imitative gradational compound

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The result, Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The Times, is a film that takes the form of “a mock, mocking documentary, one that disjointedly swings between heehaw comedy and wincing agony.”

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Dance historians can compare Junkyard’s HeeHaw and the more modern moves of the Beat Ya Feet Kings.

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Performing at the 2005 Emmy Awards, he wore “heehaw regalia,” as Fox News put it.

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Taking the form of a mock, mocking documentary, one that disjointedly swings between heehaw comedy and wincing agony, the movie establishes its raised-eyebrow tone with a title card stating it’s “Based on irony-free, wildly contradictory and totally true interviews with Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly,” her former husband.

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That these lodges allow a person to enjoy the Maine winter without that Arctic-man heehaw is a treat.

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