larf1
/lɑːf/informal
noun
Chiefly in representations of regional speech: = laugh.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Haliburton (1796–1865), politician and writer. Representing a nonstandard or regional pronunciation of laugh.
larf2
/lɑːf/(also laarf) informal
verb
[no object] And with object. Chiefly in representations of regional speech: = laugh.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in United Service Journal. Representing a nonstandard or regional pronunciation of laugh.
- give someone a break
- give someone a dose (or taste) of their own medicine
- give someone a fit
- give someone a hard time
- give someone a holler
- give someone a mouthful
- give someone an inch and he (or she) will take a mile
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- give someone a shout
- give someone away
- give someone Bondi
- give someone credit for
- give someone grief
- give someone head
- give someone hell
- give someone one
- give someone (or get) a thick ear
- give someone (or get) the bum's rush
- give someone (some) skin
- give someone the big E
- give someone the bird
- give someone the boot
- give someone the creeps
- give someone the elbow
- give someone (the) evils