tee hee
tee hee interjection: the sound of a giggle.
Interjection
- The sound of a giggle.
- She […] hath ſtiled him with an immortall penne, the bawewawe of ſchollars, the tutt of gentlemen, the tee-heegh of gentlewomen, the phy of citizens, the blurt of Courtiers, the poogh of good letters, the faph of good manners, and the whoop-hooe of good boyes in London ſtreetes.1593, Gabriell Haruey [i.e., Gabriel Harvey], Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame, London: […] Iohn Wolfe...
- Tee hee! Isn't that naughty?1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 97
- The sound of a stereotypically feminine giggle, used to mock women or emphasize the womanhood of a character in an imagined scenario.
- >gets a rot pocket
>SEE CHUDS IM A WOMYN NOW TEEHEE2021 October 5, anonymous author, 4chan, /qa/
- >gets a rot pocket
Verb
tee hee (third-person singular simple present tee hees, present participle tee heeing, simple past and past participle tee heed or tee hee'd)
- To utter tee hee; to make a high-pitched laugh; to titter.
- That was more than could be said for those two bastards tee-heeing away over there by the bookshelves.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 70
Forms of tee hee
| Interjection | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | teehee |
| alternative form | tee-hee |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tee hees |
| present participle | tee heeing |
| past participle | tee heed |
| past | tee heed |
| past participle | tee hee'd |
| past | tee hee'd |
Origin of tee hee
From Middle English tehee, te he, ti he, alteration of hehe, from Old English he he (“hee hee”).
Questions about tee hee
- What does tee hee mean?
- Tee hee means the sound of a giggle.
- What part of speech is tee hee?
- Tee hee can be an interjection or a verb.
Words near tee hee in the dictionary
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