'Laughing' definitions:

Definition of 'laughing'

From: WordNet
adjective
Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children" [syn: laughing(a), riant]

Definition of 'Laughing'

From: GCIDE
  • Laugh \Laugh\ (l[aum]f), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laughed (l[aum]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Laughing.] [OE. laughen, laghen, lauhen, AS. hlehhan, hlihhan, hlyhhan, hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G. lachen, OHG. hlahhan, lahhan, lahh[=e]n, Icel. hl[ae]ja,W Dan. lee, Sw. le, Goth. hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.]
  • 1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. [1913 Webster]
  • Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • He laugheth that winneth. --Heywood's Prov. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. [1913 Webster]
  • Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets crowned. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • To laugh at, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride. [1913 Webster]
  • No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. --Pope.
  • To laugh in the sleeve, To laugh up one's sleeve, to laugh secretly, or so as not to be observed, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at.
  • To laugh out, to laugh in spite of some restraining influence; to laugh aloud.
  • To laugh out of the other corner of the mouth or {To laugh out of the other side of the mouth}, to weep or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or exaltation. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Laughing'

From: GCIDE
  • Laughing \Laugh"ing\, a. & n. from Laugh, v. i. [1913 Webster]
  • Laughing falcon (Zool.), a South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh.
  • Laughing gas (Chem.), nitrous oxide, also called hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; -- so called from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes produces when inhaled. It has been much used as an anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in dentistry
  • Laughing goose (Zool.), the European white-fronted goose.
  • Laughing gull. (Zool.) (a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and {sea crow}. (b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.
  • Laughing hyena (Zool.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena.
  • Laughing jackass (Zool.), the great brown kingfisher (Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also {giant kingfisher}, and gogobera.
  • Laughing owl (Zool.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes. [1913 Webster]

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