ha ha
exclamation
(alsoha ha ha,ha-ha)uk/ˌhə ˈhɑː//ˈhɑː ˌhɑː/us/ˌhə ˈhɑː//ˈhɑː ˌhɑː/used in writing torepresentlaughter:
"Ha ha!" shelaughed. "Iloveit!"
"Hisdoglooksjust like him."—"Ha ha ha, yes it does."
anexpressionused to make anotherpersonfeelsilly, oftenshowingpleasureatyourownsuccessortheirfailure, orshowingthat you do notthinksomething isfunny:
Ha ha, youfellover.
He's agrownman and he still says things like "Ha-ha, youlost."
"Oh ha ha ha, veryfunny," shemutteredcrossly.
funny ha ha(alsofunny in a ha-ha way)
"funny" with themeaning"making youlaugh", incontrastto "funny"meaning"strange":
It juststruckme as funny—notfunnyha ha, butfunnypeculiar.
I shouldstressthat thefilm"FunnyGames" is notfunnyha-ha.
Funny things canhappen, and not in a ha-ha way.
- "Ha ha, yes, you'reright!" helaughedappreciatively.
- We couldhear"Ha ha ha!" andapplausefrom theaudience.
- "Ha-ha," he saidsarcastically, "you'rehilarious."
- I'll give you £$100 for it. Ha ha, justkidding.
- Theinsurancecompany'sresponsewasbasicallyha ha, toobad.
Laughing and smiling
- amused
- be all smilesidiom
- be in convulsionsidiom
- be rolling in the aislesidiom
- be wreathed in smilesidiom
- bust
- gale
- gales of laughteridiom
- giggle
- giggler
- giggly
- grin
- quake
- say cheeseidiom
- simper
- smile
- smiley
- smiling
- smilingly
- stitch
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