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tee hee

tee hee interjection: the sound of a giggle.

Interjection

  1. 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
  2. (broadly, 4chan slang and incel slang) 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/

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)

  1. 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 formteehee
alternative formtee-hee
Verb
third-person singular presenttee hees
present participletee heeing
past participletee heed
pasttee heed
past participletee hee'd
pasttee 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

  1. tee
  2. tee ball
  3. tee balls
  4. tee box
  5. tee boxes
  6. tee hee
  7. tee hee hee
  8. tee hee'd
  9. tee heed
  10. tee heeing
  11. tee hees

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