larf

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /lɑːf/

Verb

larf (third-person singular simple present larfs, present participle larfin', simple past and past participle larfed)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Pronunciation spelling of laugh. [19th century to the present]
   • 1901, Miles Franklin, “Mr M‘Swat and I Have a “Bust Up.””, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 269:

     The neighbours described me as "a sorrowful lookin' delicate creetur', that couldn't larf to save her life"—[…]

Noun

larf (plural larfs)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Pronunciation spelling of laugh. [20th century to the present]

References

• “larf” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd edition; 1989]

Anagrams

• farl

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑrf/

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• Hyphenation: larf
• Rhymes: -ɑrf

Noun

larf f (plural larven, diminutive larfje n)

1. Alternative form of larve.