hee-haw

Word Origin & History

hee-haw
first recorded 1815 (as Hiu Haw), probably imitative of sound of donkey's bray (cf. Fr. hinham).
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hee-haw

noun
1. a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing 

verb
1. braying characteristic of donkeys 
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Hee-haw is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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