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Source: gcide
Ha-ha \Ha-ha"\ (h[aum]*h[aum]"), n. [See {Haw-haw}.]
A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one
is close upon it. [Written also {haw-haw}.]

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Source: gcide
Haw-haw \Haw-haw"\ (h[add]*h[add]), n. [Duplication of haw a
hedge.]

1. See {Ha-ha}.

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2. a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing. [WordNet
sense 1]

Syn: hee-haw, horselaugh, ha-ha.
[WordNet 1.5]

3. a sunken fence (so as not to interfere with the view).
[WordNet sense 3]

Syn: haha.
[WordNet 1.5]

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Source: gcide
Hawhaw \Haw*haw"\, v. i. [Of imitative origin.]
To laugh boisterously. [Colloq. U. S.]

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We haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than half an hour.
--Major Jack
Downing.

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