tee-hee n.
In phrases
(US) something that provokes laughter.
Wash. Times (DC) 16 May 16/4: We were prepared for a big tee-hee. Instead of a laugh [...] we received a distinct shock. | ||
Dly Jrnl (Franklin, IN) 16 Nov. 2/3: A Carter presidency clearly is not going to be a riot of giggles [...] Not, mind you, that it should be one big tee-hee. |
(US) to laugh at.
From First To Last (1954) 12: We didn’t want the gang [...] to give us the big tee-hee. | ‘The Defence of Strikerville’ in||
Eve. Star (Wash., DC) pt 3 16 Nov. 3/2-3: A young ‘fluff,’ applying for ‘bale’ [...] was given the big tee-hee ’cause she couldn’t prove her age. |
reduced to laughter.
Richmond Dispatch (VA) 12 Oct. 13/2: I guess he got sore but I had everybody else on the tee-hee. |