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laughing
laugh L0067500 (lăf, läf)v. laughed, laugh·ing, laughs v.intr.1. To express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.2. To show or feel amusement or good humor: an experience we would laugh about later on.3. a. To feel or express derision or contempt; mock: I had to laugh when I saw who my opponent was.b. To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being: You won't be laughing when the truth comes out.4. To produce sounds resembling laughter: parrots laughing and chattering in the trees.v.tr.1. To affect or influence by laughter: laughed the speaker off the stage; laughed the proposal down.2. To say with a laugh: He laughed his delight at the victory.n.1. a. The act of laughing.b. The sound of laughing; laughter.2. Informal Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke: The solution they recommended was a laugh.3. often laughs Informal Fun; amusement: went along just for laughs.Phrasal Verbs: laugh at To treat lightly; scoff at: a daredevil who laughed at danger. laugh off (or away) To dismiss as ridiculously or laughably trivial: laughed off any suggestion that her career was over.Idioms: laugh all the way to the bank To take glee in making money, especially from activity that others consider to be unimpressive or unlikely to turn a profit. laugh out of the other side of (one's) mouth To see one's good fortune turn to bad; suffer a humbling reversal.laugh up/in (one's) sleeve To rejoice or exult in secret, as at another's error or defeat.
[Middle English laughen, from Old English hlæhhan, probably ultimately of imitative origin.]
laugh′er n.laugh′ing·ly adv.laugh•ing (ˈlæf ɪŋ, ˈlɑ fɪŋ)
adj. 1. uttering sounds like laughter, as some birds. 2. laughable: That mistake is no laughing matter. n. 3. laughter. [1250–1300] laugh′ing•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | laughing - showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children"rianthappy - enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
laughingadjective1. Deserving laughter:comic, comical, farcical, funny, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, risible.2. Emitting a murmuring sound felt to resemble a laugh:babbling, bubbling, burbling, gurgling, rippling.TranslationsIdiomsSeelaughLaughing
What does it mean when you dream about laughing?Laughing in a dream often has the same meaning as it does in ordinary life: namely, taking something lightly or putting others at ease. Alternatively, a dream laugh can be alluding to one of many idioms, from “have the last laugh” to “laughing all the way to the bank.” AcronymsSeeLlaughing
Related to laughing: laughing gasSynonyms for laughingadj deserving laughterSynonyms- comic
- comical
- farcical
- funny
- laughable
- ludicrous
- ridiculous
- risible
adj emitting a murmuring sound felt to resemble a laughSynonyms- babbling
- bubbling
- burbling
- gurgling
- rippling
Synonyms for laughingadj showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happinessSynonymsRelated Words |