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31laugh — [[t]læf, lɑf[/t]] v. i. 1) 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 usu. accompanied by… …
32laugh — v. & n. v. 1 intr. make the spontaneous sounds and movements usual in expressing lively amusement, scorn, derision, etc. 2 tr. express by laughing. 3 tr. bring (a person) into a certain state by laughing (laughed them into agreeing). 4 intr.… …
33laugh — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, be in heaven, be in stitches, be pleased, beam, belittle, belly laugh, blue story, boff, boffola, break up, brush aside, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst… …
34laugh — v 1. giggle, snicker, snigger, titter, tee hee, ha ha, haw haw, Sl. yuk yuk; Inf. break up, Inf. crack up, burst out laughing; shake with laughter, be convulsed, split one s sides, Inf. roll on the floor, Inf. be in stitches, Inf. double up or… …
35laugh — 1. verb he started to laugh Syn: chuckle, chortle, guffaw, giggle, titter, snigger, roar, hoot with laughter, split one s sides; informal be in stitches, be rolling in the aisles, crease up, fall about, crack up; Brit.; informal kill oneself 2.… …
36laugh — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hliehhan; akin to Old High German lachēn to laugh Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to show emotion (as mirth, joy, or scorn) with a chuckle or explosive vocal sound b. to find… …
37laugh it up — Synonyms and related words: be in stitches, beguile the time, break up, burst into laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cackle, chortle, chuckle, crow, drown care, giggle, go into convulsions,… …
38laugh — [OE] The word laugh is ultimately onomatopoeic, imitative of the sound of laughter. It goes back to Indo European *klak , *klōk , which also produced Greek klóssein, a verb denoting the clucking of hens, and Latin clangere ‘sound’ (source of… …
39laugh — Aka, aka aka, hō aka, hō aka aka. Rare: kani ahē, ehehene, lua āpana. ♦ Laugh provoking, ho omāke aka, laupa apa ani. ♦ To laugh at, henehene, ho ohenehene, pāhenehene, ho omā auea …
40laugh — see laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone let them laugh that win Jove but laughs at lovers’ perjury love laughs at locksmiths he laughs best who laughs last he who laughs last, laughs longest …