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laugh
(lăf, 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. often laughs Informal Fun; amusement: went along just for laughs.
laugh at
To treat lightly; scoff at: a daredevil who laughed at danger.
laugh off (or away)
Idioms: To dismiss as ridiculously or laughably trivial: laughed off any suggestion that her career was over.
laugh all the way to the bank
To take glee in making money, especially from activity that others consider to be unimpressive or unlikely to turn a profit.
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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| Adv. | 1. | laughingly - with laughter; while laughing; "he told the story laughingly" |
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على سبيل النُّكْتَه أو المُزاح
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laughingly
[ˈlɑːfɪŋlɪ] ADV he said laughingly → dijo riendo or riéndosewhat is laughingly called progress → lo que se llama irónicamente el progreso
laughingly
adv (= with a laugh) → lachend; (= ridiculously) → lächerlicherweise; what the government laughingly calls its economic policy → das, was die Regierung als Wirtschaftspolitik bezeichnet, obwohl das eigentlich ein Witz ist
laughingly
[ˈlɑːfɪŋlɪ] adv → ridendo allegramenteit is laughingly called ... → viene scherzosamente chiamato...
laugh
(laːf) verb to make sounds with the voice in showing happiness, amusement, scorn etc. We laughed at the funny photographs; Children were laughing in the garden as they played.
noun an act or sound of laughing. He gave a laugh; a loud laugh.
ˈlaughable adjective1. ridiculous or deserving scorn. Her attempts at drawing were laughable.
2. amusing; comical.
ˈlaughably adverbˈlaughingly adverb
as a joke. She suggested laughingly that he should try it himself.
ˈlaughter noun the act or sound of laughing. We could hear laughter / the sound of laughter from the next room.
ˈlaughing-stock noun someone who is laughed at. If I wear that hat, I'll be a laughing-stock.
laugh at to make it obvious that one regards something or someone as humorous, ridiculous or deserving scorn. Everyone will laugh at me if I wear that dress!; The others laughed at his fears.