hee-haw

Noun

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

1. (countable) The cry of an ass or donkey.
2. (Scotland, slang, uncountable) Nothing.
   • Apart from one cool fight sequence, she pretty much does hee-haw - just like Iron Man.2010 April 30, Grant Lauchlan, Daily Record
   • 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.2010 September 27, Bill Leckie, The Scottish Sun

Interjection

1. The cry of an ass or donkey.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) Of an ass or donkey, to make its typical vocalisation.
   • An old Jack donkey came galloping and hee-hawing in great excitement at the sight of the horses and mules.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 84
2. (intransitive) To mimic the cry of an ass or donkey; to make a noise resembling a donkey's vocalisations.
   • The ladies were not much the wiser, though, I confess, they were not far removed from the door. The great men inside talked indistinctly and technically, and once Doctor Dillon was so unfeeling as to crack a joke—they could not distinctly hear what—and hee-haw brutally over it.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard