heehaw

[ hee-haw ]
/ ˈhiˌhɔ /

noun

the braying sound made by a donkey.
rude laughter.

verb (used without object)

to bray.

Origin of heehaw

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; imitative gradational compound

Example sentences from the Web for heehaw

  • From somewhere just out of their view had come the loud heehaw, heehaw of a donkey.

    A Ticket to Adventure |Roy J. Snell

British Dictionary definitions for heehaw

heehaw
/ (ˌhiːˈhɔː) /

interjection

an imitation or representation of the braying sound of a donkey