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Definition: Ha-ha |
Ha-haNoun1. A loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing. 2. A ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ha-ha" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1866. (references) |
Note: Ha-ha \Ha-ha"\, noun. [See Haw-haw.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Ha-ha (A). A ditch serving the purpose of a hedge without breaking the prospect. (Anglo-Saxon, h"h, a hole.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: Ha-haSynonyms: haw-haw (n), hee-haw (n), horselaugh (n), sunk fence (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Interval | Noun: interval, interspace; separation; break, gap, opening; hole; chasm, hiatus, caesura; interruption, interregnum; interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ha-ha |
| English words defined with "ha-ha": Aha ♦ sunk fence. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ha-ha" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (ha-ha). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ha-Ha! Man that's what I call a swinging party (The Jungle Book; writing credit: Rudyard Kipling; Larry Clemmons) Ha-ha, so you're the mancub (The Jungle Book; writing credit: Rudyard Kipling; Larry Clemmons) | |
Lyrics | Don't worry, ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha be happy look at me, I'm happy ("Don't Worry Be Happy"; performing artist: Bobby McFerrin) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| "Ha-ha" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Ha-ha" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 71.43% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Interjection | 28.57% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ha-ha": ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-haa-ha. | |
Ending with "ha-ha": ha-ha-ha. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ha-ha"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | смея се (be amused, laugh, laugh at), ха-ха. (various references) | |
Czech | haha, chacha, cha cha. (various references) | |
French | hi-hi. (various references) | |
German | ha-ha. (various references) | |
Hungarian | haha. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | a-hahay.(various references) | |
Russian | низкий заборчик. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ha ha smejanje. (various references) | |
Spanish | ja, ja, ja. (various references) | |
Swedish | ha, ha. (various references) | |
Thai | น่าตลก (funny ha-ha). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | га-га. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: haha. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-h" | |
-1 letter: aah, aha, hah. | |
-2 letters: aa, ah, ha. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-h" | |
+1 letter: hahas. | |
+2 letters: aphtha, chalah, hallah, halvah, hamzah. | |
+3 letters: aarrghh, aphthae, chalahs, challah, charkha, halacha, halakah, halakha, halalah, halavah, hallahs, halvahs, hamzahs, hardhat, naphtha, padshah, pharaoh, rhaphae. | |
+4 letters: brouhaha, cachucha, challahs, charkhas, chatchka, dahabeah, dahabiah, dahabieh, habdalah, haftarah, haftorah, haggadah, halachas, halachot, halakahs, halakhas, halakhot, halakoth, halalahs, halavahs, haphtara, hardhack, hardhats, hardhead, hashhead, hatchway, havdalah, hawkshaw, headache, headachy, hosannah, huarache, huaracho, mahimahi, naphthas, padishah, padshahs, parashah, pharaohs, shadchan, shadrach, shammash, shanghai. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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