English

Alternative forms

• heehaw

Noun

hee-haw ‎(countable and uncountable, plural hee-haws)

1. (countable) The cry of an ass or donkey.
2. (uncountable, 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

Interjection

hee-haw

1. The cry of an ass or donkey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiː.hɔ̰̃ː/ (♪: ˉˍ)
• The cry of an ass or donkey.

Translations

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.