yaw-haw

English

Etymology

Imitative

Noun

yaw-haw (plural yaw-haws)

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

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

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