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

Translations

to laugh loudly

• Finnish: hahattaa, hohottaa (fi)