"bwahaha" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} bwahaha
  1. (onomatopoeia, slang) Literary device used to express a fit of overwhelming or uncontrollable laughter, most frequently with a sinister connotation, see: evil laugh. Tags: onomatopoeic, slang Categories (topical): Laughter Synonyms: muahahaha, hahaha, Frequently hyphenated, written with spaces between the syllables, also frequently enhanced by adding one, more additional instances of ha to the end, or by adding additional instances of the letter a in any syllable
    Sense id: en-bwahaha-en-intj-UKgWsJYi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias

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