What does ゲヒゲヒ mean?


I saw it in the context of ゲヒゲヒ笑う and would like to know what kind of laugh it
is. Some quick Googling seems to indicate it might be like laughing
uncontrollably maybe but I can't find any sources.




Though 「ゲヒゲヒ」 is not such a common onomatopoeia, it would describe a loud and
coarse kind of laugh mostly (but not always) produced by men of the same kind.

We already have 「ゲラゲラ」 and 「ヒヒヒ」for laughing sounds which are far more common
and this fact enables one to guess what 「ゲヒゲヒ」 would mean even if one had
never heard/seen it (just as @Chocolate's comment above would suggest).

「ゲヒゲヒ」 would definitely **not** be a quiet, well-mannered, refined or classy
kind of laugh. These 'gentler' qualities are rarely, if ever, expressed by
onomatopoeias containing a ガ, ギ, グ, ゲ or ゴ.

IMHO, this topic is somewhat related to [this
Q&A](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/73210/what-
does-%e3%82%b4%e3%83%b3-part-
in-%e3%82%a4%e3%83%8e%e3%82%b4%e3%83%b3-mean/73211#73211) in terms of how
certain sounds feel to the native speakers.




Though 「ゲヒゲヒ」 is not such a common onomatopoeia, it would describe a loud and
coarse kind of laugh mostly (but not always) produced by men of the same kind.

We already have 「ゲラゲラ」 and 「ヒヒヒ」for laughing sounds which are far more common
and this fact enables one to guess what 「ゲヒゲヒ」 would mean even if one had
never heard/seen it (just as @Chocolate's comment above would suggest).

「ゲヒゲヒ」 would definitely **not** be a quiet, well-mannered, refined or classy
kind of laugh. These 'gentler' qualities are rarely, if ever, expressed by
onomatopoeias containing a ガ, ギ, グ, ゲ or ゴ.

IMHO, this topic is somewhat related to [this
Q&A](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/73210/what-
does-%e3%82%b4%e3%83%b3-part-
in-%e3%82%a4%e3%83%8e%e3%82%b4%e3%83%b3-mean/73211#73211) in terms of how
certain sounds feel to the native speakers.

