"ho, ho, ho" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ho, ho, ho.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: First attested in the mid-12th century. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|mid-12th century}} the mid-12th century, {{etydate|mid-12th century}} First attested in the mid-12th century.
  1. A deep, hearty laugh or chuckle, most associated with Santa Claus. Wikipedia link: Ho ho ho Categories (topical): Christmas, Laughter Synonyms: ho ho ho Translations (a laugh or chuckle, most associated with Santa Claus): ሆ ፣ ሆ ፣ ሆ (ho , ho , ho) (Amharic), هو، هو، هو (hō, hō, hō) (Arabic), հո, հո, հո (ho, ho, ho) (Armenian), ဟို, ဟို, ဟို (ho, ho, ho) (Burmese), Ꮀ, Ꮀ, Ꮀ (ho, ho, ho) (Cherokee), 嚯,嚯,嚯 (huò, huò, huò) (Chinese), 霍,霍,霍 (huō, huō, huō) (Chinese), ހޮ ،ހޮ ،ހޮ (alt: ho ،ho ،ho) (Dhivehi), ho, ho, ho (Dutch), ho, ho, ho (Finnish), Ho, Ho, Ho (German), χο, χο, χο (cho, cho, cho) (Greek), χό, χό, χό (chó, chó, chó) (Greek), חו, חו, חו (ho, ho, ho) (Hebrew), हो, हो, हो (ho, ho, ho) (Hindi), ᕷ, ᕷ, ᕷ (ho, ho, ho) (Inuktitut), ほ、ほ、ほ (ho, ho, ho) (Japanese), 호, 호, 호 (ho, ho, ho) (Korean), хо, хо, хо (ho, ho, ho) (Macedonian), ho, ho, ho (Polish), хо, хо, хо (xo, xo, xo) (Russian), jo, jo, jo (Spanish), โฮโฮโฮ (ḥo ḥo ḥo) (Thai), โฮ้โฮ้โฮ้ (ḥô ḥô ḥô) (Thai)

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