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laughing |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Laugh \Laugh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laughed}; p. pr & vb n. {Laughing}.] [OE. laughen, laghen lauhen AS hlehhan hlihhan hlyhhan hliehhan akin to OS hlahan D. & G. lachen, OHG. hlahhan lahhan lahh?n, Icel. hl[ae]ja. Dan. lee, Sw le Goth. hlahjan perh. of imitative origin.] 1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. --Shak. He laugheth that winneth. --Heywood's Prov. 2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets crowned. --Dryden. In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. --Pope. {To laugh at}, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of to deride. No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at which he valued more --Pope. {To laugh in the sleeve} From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Laughing \Laugh"ing\, a. & n. from {Laugh}, v. i. {Laughing falcon} (Zo["o]l.), a South American hawk ({Herpetotheres cachinnans}); -- so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laughing. {Laughing gas} (Chem.), hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: laughing adj : showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children" [syn: {laughing(a)}, {riant}]
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