ha-ha

• Sustantivo con dos significados diferentes: una risa fuerte, a menudo burlona, que recuerda al relincho de un caballo; o un tipo de foso o zanja con muro de contención hundido, usado para crear un límite en el paisaje sin obstruir la vista.

A noun with two distinct meanings: a loud, often derisive laugh resembling a horse's neigh; or a type of sunken fence or ditch with a retaining wall, used to create a boundary in a landscape without obstructing the view.

1. Loud laughB1informal

   A loud, often mocking or hearty laugh that resembles the sound of a horse neighing.

   Carcajada

   • He let out a loud ha-ha at the comedian's joke.
   • Her ha-ha echoed through the room, startling everyone.
   • The children's ha-ha could be heard from across the playground.

   Sinónimosbelly laughbraycackleguffawhoothorselaughroar

2. Landscape ditchC1formalbritish

   A sunken fence or ditch with a retaining wall on one side, used to create a boundary without obstructing the view of the landscape.

   Foso seco o cerca hundida

   • The estate was surrounded by a ha-ha to keep the deer out.
   • The garden's ha-ha provided an invisible barrier.
   • They built a ha-ha to separate the lawn from the pasture.

   Sinónimossunk fence