(interj.) An exclamation denoting surprise, joy or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to "Well, it is so.".
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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