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Definitions for Laughing

[1] that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
[2] uttering sounds like human laughter, as some birds.
[3] suggesting laughter by brightness, color, sound, etc.: a laughing stream; laughing flowers.
[4] laughable: The increase in crime is no laughing matter.
[5] laughter.
[6] to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
[7] to experience the emotion so expressed: He laughed inwardly at the scene.
[8] to produce a sound resembling human laughter: A coyote laughed in the dark.
[9] to drive, put, bring, etc., by or with laughter (often followed by out, away, down, etc.): They laughed him out of town. We laughed away our troubles.
[10] to utter with laughter: He laughed his consent.
[11] the act or sound of laughing; laughter.
[12] an expression of mirth, derision, etc., by laughing.
[13] Informal . something that provokes laughter, amusement, or ridicule: After all the advance publicity, the prizefight turned out to be a laugh.
[14] laughs, Informal . fun; amusement.
[15] laugh at , to make fun of; deride; ridicule: They were laughing at him, not along with him. to be scornful of; reject: They stopped laughing at the unusual theory when it was found to be predictive. to find sympathetic amusement in; regard with humor: We can learn to laugh a little at even our most serious foibles.
[16] laugh off , to dismiss as ridiculous, trivial, or hollow: He had received threats but laughed them off as the work of a crank.
[17] (intr) to express or manifest emotion, esp mirth or amusement, typically by expelling air from the lungs in short bursts to produce an inarticulate voiced noise, with the mouth open
[18] (intr) (esp of certain mammals or birds) to make a noise resembling a laugh
[19] (tr) to utter or express with laughter he laughed his derision at the play
[20] (tr) to bring or force (someone, esp oneself) into a certain condition by laughter he laughed himself sick
[21] (intr foll by at ) to make fun (of); jeer (at)
[22] (intr foll by over ) to read or discuss something with laughter
[23] don't make me laugh informal I don't believe you for a moment
[24] laugh all the way to the bank informal to be unashamedly pleased at making a lot of money
[25] laugh in a person's face to show open contempt or defiance towards a person
[26] laugh like a drain informal to laugh loudly and coarsely
[27] laugh up one's sleeve to laugh or have grounds for amusement, self-satisfaction, etc, secretly
[28] laugh on the other side of one's face to show sudden disappointment or shame after appearing cheerful or confident
[29] be laughing informal to be in a favourable situation
[30] the act or an instance of laughing
[31] a manner of laughter
[32] informal a person or thing that causes laughter that holiday was a laugh
[33] the last laugh the final success in an argument, situation, etc, after previous defeat

Words related to Laughing

humorous, diverting, riot, camp, mocking, amusing, entertaining, scream, joshing, absurd, asinine, bizarre, comic, comical, derisive, droll, eccentric, facetious, fantastic, farcical

Words nearby Laughing

laugh track, laugh up one's sleeve, laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone, laughable, laugher, laughing, laughing gas, laughing gull, laughing jackass, laughing matter, laughing stock

Origin of Laughing

before 900; Middle English laughen, Old English hlæh(h)an (Anglian); cognate with Dutch, German lachen, Old Norse hlǣja, Gothic hlahjan

Other words from Laughing

laugh·ing·ly , adverb
un·laugh·ing , adjective
out·laugh , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Laughing

Old English læhan, hliehhen; related to Gothic hlahjan, Dutch lachen

Synonyms for Laughing

humorous, amusing, camp, diverting, entertaining, joshing, mocking, riot, scream, absurd, asinine, bizarre, campy, comic, comical, derisive, derisory, droll, eccentric, facetious, fantastic, farcical, funny, gelastic, har-har, hilarious, inane, jocose, jocular, jokey, ludicrous, mirthful, nonsensical, preposterous, rich, ridiculous, risible, unusual, witty