variants
or haha
or ha-ha
—used to express amusement or derision
Examples of ha ha in a Sentence
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
This story and Problem Solved video on how to keep your bananas from turning brown went bananas (ha ha, get it?) online.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
Unfortunately, the whole enterprise is just one string of fat jokes (Homer eats a Facts of Life reunion, ha ha), concluding with an eating-the-homeless gag that the show seems to sign off on uncritically.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2022
Harris: That is definitely a conservative guess, ha ha.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
Honestly, touring the Titanic is very cool (ha ha), if pricey.
—Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
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
Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2024
Photo: Courtesy of Unique Homestays Inside, sash windows overlook the lawn, down to the ha-ha and the curving Dart beyond, which is tidal and offers a constantly changing view.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
This latest project brings the scope back down to lifelike but retains the same Howitzer-blast level of ha-ha from his MCU joints and Hitler buddy comedies.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
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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Interjection
In 1997, one day after Riordan launched a crackdown on the 18th Street gang, taggers vandalized the place but ha ha, the joke was on them — Riordan didn’t live there.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
This story and Problem Solved video on how to keep your bananas from turning brown went bananas (ha ha, get it?) online.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
Unfortunately, the whole enterprise is just one string of fat jokes (Homer eats a Facts of Life reunion, ha ha), concluding with an eating-the-homeless gag that the show seems to sign off on uncritically.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2022
Harris: That is definitely a conservative guess, ha ha.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
Honestly, touring the Titanic is very cool (ha ha), if pricey.
—Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
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
There’s one last ha-ha to be had: Jankie is revived and the cast participates in one last Jankie singalong!
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2024
Photo: Courtesy of Unique Homestays Inside, sash windows overlook the lawn, down to the ha-ha and the curving Dart beyond, which is tidal and offers a constantly changing view.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
This latest project brings the scope back down to lifelike but retains the same Howitzer-blast level of ha-ha from his MCU joints and Hitler buddy comedies.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
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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“Ha ha.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ha%20ha. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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