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har.

A hinge.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/hɑː/Received-Pronunciation/hɑɹ/General-American
  1. A hinge.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English harre, herre, from Old English heorra (“hinge; cardinal point”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀō, from Proto-Germanic *herzô (“hinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). Cognate with Scots herre, harr, har (“hinge”), Dutch harre, her, har (“hinge”), Icelandic hjarri (“hinge”), Latin cardō (“hinge”).

intj/hɑː/Received-Pronunciation/hɑɹ/General-American
  1. A sound of laughter, sometimes with a sarcastic connotation.

Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeic.

particle/hɑː/Received-Pronunciation/hɑɹ/General-American
  1. Alternative form of hah (interrogative particle).

    Manglish · Singlish · alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ).

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