Search results for 'laugh':

laugh verb (laughed, laughing) 1 intrans to make spontaneous sounds associated with happiness, amusement, scorn, etc. 2 to express (a feeling, etc) by laughing • laughed his contempt. noun 1 an act or sound of laughing. 2 colloq someone or something that is good fun, amusing, etc. be laughing colloq to be in, or almost in, a very favourable situation • Once he gets that new job, he'll be laughing. be laughing all the way to the bank colloq to have successfully pulled off a financial ruse or swindle. don't make me laugh ironic expressing contempt, scorn, etc for some idea, suggested possibility, etc • Harry go in to work five days in a row? Don't make me laugh! have the last laugh colloq to win or succeed in the end, especially after setbacks; to be finally proved right. laugh oneself silly, etc to bring oneself into a specified state (often figuratively) through laughing. laugh one's head off to laugh exuberantly, etc. laugh on the other side of one's face to become annoyed or distressed after previously having been in good spirits. laugh someone out of court to dismiss them, or their views or achievements, with ridicule. laugh up one's sleeve to be secretly or gleefully amused or pleased.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon hlæhhan.