ha-ha

noun

Definition of ha-hanext
as in moat

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Recent Examples of ha-ha Great roles and performances, but, ha-ha, Phoenix earned his first Academy Award for Joker in 2020. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026 He’s also involved in some dodgy side hustles, which leads to a lot of peripheral gunplay and tangential, ha-ha–bang-bang set pieces that feel cherry-picked from Coen’s back catalog. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025 Naked Gun showed that there remains a ceiling with broad comedies in the streaming era, specifically titles that aren’t hybrid (hybrid meaning a movie like Deadpool & Wolverine which is half superhero, half ha-ha). — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025 Workers repairing a ha-ha, a ditch traditionally used to contain livestock without interrupting the view across an estate, uncovered a tunnel entrance, along with Tudor-era artifacts including pottery, bones, and glass bottles. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for ha-ha
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  1. moat
  2. ditch
  3. trench
Noun
  • The frontier model business, which attracted billions in capital on the premise that raw intelligence would be the moat, is facing a structural credibility problem.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Now that the fairy tale ended a long time ago, their incredible businesses, tremendous leadership, and franchises — moats — keep them a big part of the S & P 500 and the biggest part of tech, which is the biggest part of everything.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 June 2026
Definition of moat
Noun
  • But the gold seekers, the ‘49ers, immediately set to digging ditches and canals to divert water, and so the new state soon allowed that practice, too.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • An injured fawn trapped in a Loomis ditch got a second chance thanks to a rescue by South Placer Fire District firefighters.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of ditch
Noun
  • The incident happened after two trenches collapsed in Oakland County in the last 24 hours.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • All night long there was the ringing clatter of picks and shovels; the Germans were digging trenches in the frozen ground.
    — Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of trench

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