laughing

laugh-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Making sounds and movements expressing amusement, happiness, or derision.

  2. 2.

    Showing amusement or happiness through laughter.

Phrases & expressions

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    laughing matter — Something serious, used in negative constructions ("it's no laughing matter")
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    laughing stock — A person or thing that is ridiculed
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    laughing gas — Nitrous oxide, used as an anesthetic
  • •
    die laughing — To laugh extremely hard

Related words

Antonyms: crying, sobbing, weeping
See also: giggling, laugh, laughed, laughter
Synonyms: chuckling, giggling, snickering

Etymology

Present participle of "laugh," from Old English hlæhhan, of Germanic origin.