hee-haw

English

Alternative forms

• heehaw

Etymology

Onomatopoeic coinage.

Noun

hee-haw (plural hee-haws)

1. The cry of an ass or donkey.
2. (Scotland, slang) Nothing.
   • 2010, Grant Lauchlan, Daily Record, 30 Apr 2010:

     Apart from one cool fight sequence, she pretty much does hee-haw - just like Iron Man.

   • 2010, Bill Leckie, The Scottish Sun, 27 Sep 2010:

     People like Dick Advocaat, who knew hee-haw about Scottish football's history, set about whittling away little bits of our tradition on the grounds... well, let's be honest, that they were an inconvenience.

Synonyms

• bray

Translations

cry

• Finnish: (aasin) kiljunta (fi), (aasin) hirnunta (fi)
• French: hi-han (fr) m
• German: i-ah (de) m

• Russian: и-а (ru) (i-á) n
• Spanish: rebuzno (es) m

Interjection

hee-haw

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhiː.hɔ̰̃ː/ (♪: ˉˍ)

• The cry of an ass or donkey.

Translations

cry

• Finnish: ihaa (fi)
• French: hi-han
• German: ia (de)
• Navajo: shíshąʼ

• Russian: и-а (ru) (i-á)
• Scottish Gaelic: (horse) u i o hòmh (gd), (donkey) hi homh homh (gd)
• Spanish: rebuzno (es) m

Verb

hee-haw (third-person singular simple present hee-haws, present participle hee-hawing, simple past and past participle hee-hawed)

1. (intransitive) To utter the cry of an ass or donkey.