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yaw-haw

yaw-haw noun: a loud, coarse laugh.

Noun

yaw-haw (plural yaw-haws)

  1. A loud, coarse laugh.
    • […] it was greeted with "a loud, tremendous yaw haw from all quarters," […]1965, George Rawlings Poage, Henry Clay and the Whig Party

Verb

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

  1. To laugh loudly

Forms of yaw-haw

Noun
pluralyaw-haws
Verb
third-person singular presentyaw-haws
present participleyaw-hawing
past participleyaw-hawed
pastyaw-hawed

Origin of yaw-haw

Imitative

Questions about yaw-haw

What does yaw-haw mean?
Yaw-haw means a loud, coarse laugh.
What part of speech is yaw-haw?
Yaw-haw can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of yaw-haw?
The plural of yaw-haw is yaw-haws.

Words near yaw-haw in the dictionary

  1. yaw
  2. yaw damper
  3. yaw dampers
  4. Yaw Yin
  5. yaw'll
  6. yaw-haw
  7. yaw-hawed
  8. yaw-hawing
  9. yaw-haws
  10. yaw-weed
  11. Yawa

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