heh
English
Noun
heh (plural hehs)
- The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeia of a weak laugh.
Pronunciation
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Interjection
heh
- (onomatopoeia) Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom.
- Friend 1: Some people say a man is made outta mud.
- Friend 2: Heh.
Interjection
heh
- Alternative form of eh (“tag question”)
- 2017, Stephen Randorf, Murder Over The Bones:
- He handed the fragment to Bass, saying, “A cold-blooded little thing—heh? Not really. They just acted that way, the way they bite. And little? Ha! Its wing span was eighteen feet.”
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈheh/, [ˈhe̞h]
- Rhymes: -eh
- Syllabification(key): heh
Usage notes
- Variations: heh-heh, hehee, he-he-he,...
Further reading
- “heh”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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