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Webster 1913 Edition


Ha

Ha

(hä)
,
int
erj.
[AS.]
An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated,
ha, ha
, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to “Well, it is so.”
Ha-has
, and inarticulate hootings of satirical rebuke.
Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ha

HA

, an exclamation, denoting surprise, joy or grief. With the first or long sound of a, it is used as a question, and is equivalent to 'What do you say?' When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, or sometimes it is equivalent to 'Well! it is so.'

Definition 2024


See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"

Hawaiian

Numeral

  1. (cardinal) four
  2. (ordinal) fourth
Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

  1. breath, life

Verb

  1. (intransitive) to breathe

Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xaː]

Noun

 m (invariable)

  1. The Latvian name of the Latin script letter H/h.

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Mandarin

Romanization

(Zhuyin ㄏㄚ)

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