laughing
English
a person laughing
Etymology
From Middle English lawghynge; equivalent to laugh + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑːfɪŋ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːfɪŋ
Noun
laughing (countable and uncountable, plural laughings)
- The action of the verb to laugh.
Translations
the action of the verb to laugh
Verb
laughing
- present participle and gerund of laugh
Synonyms
Translations
Derived terms
- burst out laughing
- die laughing
- laughing academy
- laughing boy
- 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
- laughingly
- laughing owl
- laughing sickness
- laughing soup
- laughing stalk
- laughing stock
- laughingstock
- laughing-stock
- laughing tackle
- laughingthrush
- laughing thrush
- laughing turtle dove
- laughing water
- no laughing matter
- nonlaughing
- unlaughing