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  • 21laugh — I n. 1) to get a laugh (the joke got a big laugh) 2) to stifle, suppress a laugh 3) a belly; derisive; forced; hearty, loud; infectious; sardonic; subdued laugh 4) (misc.) to have the last laugh on smb.; to do smt. for a laugh (for laughs) II v.… …

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  • 22laugh — laugh1 [ læf ] verb intransitive *** 1. ) to make the noise with your voice that shows you think something is funny: We talked and laughed late into the night. laugh at: The audience didn t laugh at his jokes. laugh about: They were still… …

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  • 23laugh — /laf / (say lahf) verb (i) 1. to express mirth, amusement, derision, etc., by an explosive, inarticulate sound of the voice, facial expressions, etc. 2. to experience the emotion so expressed. 3. to utter a cry or sound resembling the laughing of …

  • 24laugh — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. guffaw, snicker, giggle, titter, chuckle. See rejoicing. laugh at II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. chuckle, giggle, titter, snicker, snigger, guffaw, chortle, cackle, fit of laughter, peal of laughter,… …

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  • 25laugh*/*/*/ — [lɑːf] verb I 1) to make the noise with your voice that shows that you think that something is funny We talked and laughed late into the night.[/ex] The audience didn t laugh at his jokes.[/ex] They were still laughing about the experience years… …

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  • 26laugh — /laf, lahf/, 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 usually accompanied by characteristic… …

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  • 27laugh — {{11}}laugh (n.) 1680s, from LAUGH (Cf. laugh) (v.). Meaning a cause of laughter is from 1895; ironic use (e.g. that s a laugh) attested from 1930. Laugh track canned laughter on a TV program is from 1961. {{12}}laugh (v.) late 14c., from O.E.… …

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  • 28laugh — verb 1》 make the sounds and movements that express lively amusement and sometimes also derision.     ↘(laugh at) ridicule; scorn. 2》 (laugh something off) dismiss something by treating it in a light hearted way. 3》 (be laughing) informal be in a… …

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  • 29laugh at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms laugh at : present tense I/you/we/they laugh at he/she/it laughs at present participle laughing at past tense laughed at past participle laughed at 1) a) laugh at someone/something to say unkind things about… …

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  • 30laugh — 1. verb 1) Norma started to laugh excitedly Syn: chuckle, chortle, guffaw, cackle, giggle, titter, twitter, snigger, snicker, yuk, tee hee, burst out laughing, roar/hoot/howl with laughter, crack up, dissolve into laughter, split one s sides …

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