haha
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
An onomatopoeic representation of laughter.
verb
To laugh.
Example Sentences
- "First he regarded the strangers, then his own band, and his mouth was expanded to a still wider grin; his eyes opened to their fullest extent, and at last he haha’d as furiously and heartily as the worst of the sailors, which was naturally the signal for an outbreak on the part of the islanders."
- "Emett yelled for him, and Jones and Jim “hahaed!”"
- "She haha’d like she ate diamonds for breakfast and flossed with spun gold."
- "Then she shrugged and haha-ed again and mumbled, “Poor souls,” because she thought she was safe and none of us could comprehend a single word she said."
- "NatThrowinAwayMyShot: Haha, what?! GoChloGo: Y r u haha-ing?"
- "The Ha Ha But the capital stroke, the leading step to all that, has followed, was (I believe the first thought was Bridgman's) the destruction of walls for boundaries, and the invention of fosses - an attempt then deemed so astonishing, that the common people called them Ha! Ha's! to express their surprise at finding a sudden and unperceived check to their walk. One of the first gardens planted in this simple though still formal style was my father's at Houghton. It was laid out by Mr. Eyre, an imitator of Bridgman. It contains three-and-twenty acres, then reckoned a considerable portion."
Etymology
From Middle English haha, ha ha, from Old English ha ha (interjection), ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Old Frisian haha (interjection), Middle Low German hahā, hahahā (interjection), Middle High German hahā, haha (interjection), all expressions of joy or of laughter.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: haha, ha ha
Usage
Inflected Forms
ha ha (alternative)
ha-ha (alternative)
hah hah (alternative)
hahas (present, singular)
haha's (present, singular)
hahaing (participle, present)
haha'ing (participle, present)
haha-ing (participle, present)
hahaed (participle, past)
hahaed (past)
haha'd (participle, past)
haha'd (past)