heh
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
heh (plural hehs)
- The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations edit
Semitic letter
Etymology 2 edit
Onomatopoeia of a weak laugh.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (US) (file)
Interjection edit
heh
- (onomatopoeia) Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom.
- Friend 1: Some people say a man is made outta mud.
- Friend 2: Heh.
Etymology 3 edit
Interjection edit
heh
- Alternative form of eh (“tag question”)
- 2017, Stephen Randorf, Murder Over The Bones:
- He handed the fragment to Bass, saying, “A cold-blooded little thing—heh? Not really. They just acted that way, the way they bite. And little? Ha! Its wing span was eighteen feet.”
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
heh
- (onomatopoeia) heh (short chuckle or laugh)
Usage notes edit
- Variations: heh-heh, hehee, he-he-he,...
Further reading edit
- “heh”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Iu Mien edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
heh
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