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Hah

/hɑ/

A representation of laughter.

📖 Definitions of "Hah"

interjection
  1. 1

    A representation of laughter.

    "Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny."

  2. 2

    An exclamation of triumph or discovery.

    "Ha! Checkmate!"

  3. 3

    An exclamation of grief.

  4. 4

    A sound of hesitation: er, um.

interjection
  1. 1

    Said when making a vigorous attack.

interjection
  1. 1

    (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

    "Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left."

  2. 2

    Used to express doubt or confusion.

    "Huh? Where did they go?"

  3. 3

    (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

    "Where were you last night? Huh?"

  4. 4

    (with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.

    "(agreement) A: "Murder is bad." B: "Huh!""

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hah"

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xianoun(historical) An ancient dynasty in China.
rivernounA large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
hssnounInitialism of high speed steel. [(metallurgy) A kind of tool steel, invented in the early 20th century, which retains its hardness and temper at high temperatures (at which previous kinds of tool steel would soften), thus allowing cutters made from it to be employed at higher cutting speeds than were previously practical.]
mmsnounA message sent using Multimedia Messaging Service.
ronaldnounA male given name from the Germanic languages.
hsianounA surname.
huhnounA surname.
lahnounA locality in the Shire of Yarriambiack, north western Victoria, Australia.
bahnounA surname.
yahnoun(British, informal) An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger.
kehnoun
nahnounAbbreviation of Nahuatl. [A member of a group of people indigenous to the Central Mexico region spanning multiple tribal groups including the Aztecs.]
taynoun(obsolete or dialect) Tea.
kahnoun
behnouna surname in various cultures.
jahnoun(Rastafari) God.
rahnoun(UK, informal, derogatory) A young adult (often a student) who behaves in a stereotypically upper class manner; especially when associated with undeserved privilege or a lack of self-awareness.
fahnoun(music) Alternative form of fa. [(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.]
reenoun(now chiefly dialectal) A state of befuddlement; intoxication.
dahnounThe spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.

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