interjection

haha

interjection

A written representation of laughter.

"Haha, that's hilarious!"

noun

A sunken fence or ditch used as a garden boundary that doesn't block the view.

"The estate's haha kept the sheep out of the lawn without spoiling the view."

How to Use Haha

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishMost commonly, a written stand-in for the sound of laughing.

Common mistake

The garden-boundary sense ("ha-ha") is a completely different, much rarer meaning — don't confuse it with the laughter interjection.

hahaed past tense, haha'd past tense, haha'ed past tense, haha-ed past tense, hahas plural, hahas singular, haha's singular

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_____, that's hilarious!

From Old English "ha ha," an onomatopoeic exclamation of laughter, found across several Germanic languages.

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