laughing
English edit
a person laughing
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Etymology edit
From Middle English lawghynge; equivalent to laugh + -ing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laughing (countable and uncountable, plural laughings)
- The action of the verb to laugh.
Verb edit
laughing
- present participle and gerund of laugh
Usage notes edit
As with other present participles, laughing can be used as an adjective:
- The Laughing Cavalier
- laughing hyena
Likewise, as with other gerunds, laughing can be used as a verbal noun:
- Laughing could be heard all the way from the back of the room!
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- burst out laughing
- die laughing
- laughing academy
- laughing death
- laughing dove
- laughing-eyed
- laughing falcon
- laughing gas
- laughing-gear
- laughing gear
- laughing goose
- laughing group
- laughing gull
- laughing heir
- laughing heir statute
- laughing hyaena
- laughing hyena
- laughing jackass
- laughing juice
- laughing kookaburra
- laughing owl
- laughing sickness
- laughing soup
- laughing stalk
- laughing-stock
- laughingstock
- laughing stock
- laughing thrush
- laughing turtle dove
- laughing water
- no laughing matter