'To laugh at' definitions:
Definition of 'To laugh at'
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]
Words containing 'To laugh at'
- Laugh,
- Laughed,
- Laughing,
- Laughingly,
- To laugh down,
- To laugh out,
- laugh at,
- laugh it up,
- laugh off,
- Laughing falcon,
- Laughing gas,
- Laughing goose,
- Laughing gull,
- Laughing hyena,
- Laughing jackass,
- Laughing owl,
- Sardonic laugh,
- To laugh away,
- To laugh in the sleeve,
- To laugh one out of,
- To laugh to scorn,
- belly laugh,
- last laugh,
- laugh away,
- laugh line,
- laugh loudly,
- laugh softly,
- laugh track,
- laughing bird,
- To laugh out of the other corner of the mouth,
- To laugh out of the other side of the mouth,
- To laugh up one's sleeve,
- belly-laugh