ha-ha

• Substantivo com dois sentidos distintos: uma risada alta, muitas vezes zombeteira, semelhante ao relinchar de um cavalo; ou um tipo de vala ou fosso com muro de contenção, usado em paisagismo para criar uma fronteira sem obstruir a 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.

   Gargalhada

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbelly 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.

   Fosso com muro de arrimo

   • 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.

   Sinônimossunk fence