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Meanings of hee-haw in English

Catalan
bramar

Braying characteristic of donkeys.

bramar

A loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing.

Synonyms
Examples for "bray"
Examples for "bray"
1
Great was the astonishment when one of the donkeys began to bray.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi...
2
The donkey gave a loud bray and kicked up its heels wildly.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
3
The fiend began to groan and bray-he was daunted and beat off.
The Prussian Officer
4
The lieutenant laughed a harsh bray and raised his glass in salute.
Orb Sceptre Throne
5
If you could bray like the donkey, I'd be the roaring bull.
A Young Mutineer
Usage of hee-haw in English
1
The universal language is hee-haw, done in a grievous yawn.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
2
From the woods at his left came the protesting "hee-haw" of a mule.
Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle; Or, Fun and Adventures on the Roa...
3
Her zany humour tends towards the back-slapping, full hee-haw variety rather than the subtle aside.
The Irish Times
4
Depape donkeyed his damned hee-haw laughter, as if he didn't realize the joke was on him.
Wizard and glass
5
My hee-haw voice is like a bray
The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
6
I'm clean, I don't drink. Lisle does his hee-haw laugh as Jason pauses to slug from his beer.
Chosen: a novel
7
They were not the hee-haw; in fact, viewing the host of marriages, they were for discussion; there was no bray about them.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 3
8
Then they all shouted a fashionable hee-haw, by which they hoped to drive me off the track; but it was no go.
The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth
9
The boys all glanced at my face and made merry hee-haws at my cost.
Botchan (Master Darling)
10
Bobby told me the nephew looked quite a lot like Junior Samples on the old Hee-Haw show.
Wastelands
11
I made a snorty "Hee-haw," and she laughed.
Savage
12
From somewhere, Donny Keegan hee-hawed.
The talisman
13
At first she thought it was the end of a rope, but presently she heard a dismal "Hee-haw!"
Tik-Tok of Oz
14
Betsy shuddered and Hank said "Hee-haw!"
Tik-Tok of Oz
15
"Well, is 'hee-haw' all you are able to say?"
Tik-Tok of Oz
16
"Is 'hee-haw' all you are able to say?"
Tik-Tok of Oz
Frequent collocations
Translations for hee-haw
Catalan
bramar
Hee-haw through the time