Aha
[ə'hɑː;ɑː'hɑː] or [ɑ'hɑ]
Definition
(interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.
(n.) A sunk fence. See Ha-ha.
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Definition
interj. an exclamation of exultation pleasure surprise or contempt.
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Examples
- Bad words is saying Aha, my fine chap! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Aha, it is all old hat, it is all old bowler hat! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Aha, a perfect Frenchman! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- IN WHICH THE OLD MAN LAUNCHES FORTH INTO HIS FAVOURITE THEME, AND RELATES A STORY ABOUT A QUEER CLIENT 'Aha! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Aha, Miss Rosy, you don't know Homer from slang. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I therefore hit out at him and was going to hit out again, when he said, Aha! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Aha, my dear sir,' said the little man, 'nailed at last, eh? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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