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or haha
or ha-ha
—used to express amusement or derision
Examples of ha ha in a Sentence
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Janet M. Gibson, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
Got his moment in the sun going ha ha my, my lab hasn’t been contacted.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 July 2022
In another sort of movie and another sort of performance, the clinging, clueless girlfriend who wants to be the next Tammy Wynette would have opened her mouth and warbled—ha ha—off-key.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
Interjection
Laughing yoga is a technique of using breathing muscles to achieve the positive physical responses of natural laughing with forced laughter (ha ha hee hee ho ho).
—Janet M. Gibson, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
Got his moment in the sun going ha ha my, my lab hasn’t been contacted.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 July 2022
In another sort of movie and another sort of performance, the clinging, clueless girlfriend who wants to be the next Tammy Wynette would have opened her mouth and warbled—ha ha—off-key.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
Noun
The mood quickly becomes less ha-ha funny and more uh-oh funny.
—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
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