laugh (l f, läf)v. laughed, laugh·ing, laughs v.intr. 1. To express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements. 2. To show or feel amusement or good humor: an experience we would laugh about later on. 3. a. To feel or express derision or contempt; mock: I had to laugh when I saw who my opponent was. b. To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being: You won't be laughing when the truth comes out. 4. To produce sounds resembling laughter: parrots laughing and chattering in the trees. v.tr. 1. To affect or influence by laughter: laughed the speaker off the stage; laughed the proposal down. 2. To say with a laugh: He laughed his delight at the victory. n. Phrasal Verbs: 1. a. The act of laughing. b. The sound of laughing; laughter. 2. Informal Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke: The solution they recommended was a laugh. 3. Informal Fun; amusement. Often used in the plural: went along just for laughs. laugh at To treat lightly; scoff at: a daredevil who laughed at danger. laugh off/away Idioms: To dismiss as ridiculously or laughably trivial: laughed off any suggestion that her career was over. laugh out of the other side of (one's) mouth To see one's good fortune turn to bad; suffer a humbling reversal. laugh up/in (one's) sleeve To rejoice or exult in secret, as at another's error or defeat. [Middle English laughen, from Old English hlæhhan, probably ultimately of imitative origin.] laugh  er n.laugh ing·ly adv. |
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laughing [ˈlɑːfɪŋ] adj [person] → rieur/euse
laughing gas n → gaz m hilarant
laughing matter n
this is no laughing matter → il n'y a pas de quoi rire, ça n'a rien d'amusant
laughing stock n
to be the laughing stock of sb → être la risée de qn
He was the laughing stock of the class → Il était la risée de la classe.
We risked becoming the laughing stock of the developed world → Nous risquions de devenir la risée du monde développé.
to become a laughing stock → devenir objet de risée
laughing gas n → gaz m hilarant
laughing matter n
this is no laughing matter → il n'y a pas de quoi rire, ça n'a rien d'amusant
laughing stock n
to be the laughing stock of sb → être la risée de qn
He was the laughing stock of the class → Il était la risée de la classe.
We risked becoming the laughing stock of the developed world → Nous risquions de devenir la risée du monde développé.
to become a laughing stock → devenir objet de risée
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