laughing (Adj.)

laughing (Adj.)
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  • laughing — laughingly, adv. /laf ing, lah fing/, adj. 1. that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child. 2. uttering sounds like human laughter, as some birds. 3. suggesting laughter by brightness, color, sound, etc.: a laughing stream; laughing… …   Universalium

  • laughing — laugh·ing || læfɪŋ / lɑː n. laughter adj. tending to laugh, giggling; funny, amusing; clear, cheerful (sound, etc.) læf /lɑːf n. act of laughing; sound which expresses amusement (or scorn, etc.); something which amuses or causes laughter …   English contemporary dictionary

  • laughing — laugh•ing [[t]ˈlæf ɪŋ, ˈlɑ fɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) uttering sounds like laughter, as some birds 2) laughable: That mistake is no laughing matter[/ex] 3) laughter • Etymology: 1250–1300 laugh′ing•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

  • laughing — n 1. laughter, laugh, risibility; giggle, snicker, snigger, titter. See laugh(def.5). adj 2. happy, cheerful, cheery, full of cheer, gay, sunny; jovial, merry, jocund, jolly, mirthful; riant, smiling, happy as a lark; joyful, joyous, jubilant,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • happy adj — Which animal is always laughing? A Happy Potamus hop v, yap n …   English expressions

  • tongue-in-cheek — {adj. phr.} In an ironic or insincere manner. * /When the faculty complained about the poor salary increments, the university s president said that he was not a psychiatrist, thus making an inappropriate tongue in cheek remark./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • tongue-in-cheek — {adj. phr.} In an ironic or insincere manner. * /When the faculty complained about the poor salary increments, the university s president said that he was not a psychiatrist, thus making an inappropriate tongue in cheek remark./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • in\ stitches — adj. phr. informal Laughing so hard that the sides ache; in a fit of laughing hard. The comedian was so funny that he had everyone who was watching him in stitches …   Словарь американских идиом

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