laughing adjective.
['lɑ:fɪŋ] ME.[from LAUGH verb + -ING2.]That laughs. Freq. in names of animals, so called from their cry or appearance.
laughing crow =
laughing-thrush below.
laughing dove an African dove,
Stigmatopelia senegalensis.
laughing goose the white-fronted goose,
Anser albifrons.
laughing gull a N. American gull,
Larus atricilla; also (
dial.), the herring gull, the black-headed gull.
laughing hyena: see
HYENA 1a.
laughing jackass: see
JACKASS 2.
laughing owl a rare owl of New Zealand,
Sceloglaux albifacies.
laughing thrush any of various Asian babblers, chiefly of the genus
Garrulax.
■ laughingly adverb (a) in a laughing manner, with laughter;
(b) iron. with laughable inappropriateness:
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laughing noun.
['lɑ:fɪŋ] ME.[from LAUGH verb + -ING1.]The action of
LAUGH verb; laughter.
Comb.:
laughing death =
KURU;
laughing-game: see
GAME noun 2b;
laughing-gas nitrous oxide used as an anaesthetic (so called from the exhilarating effect it produces when inhaled);
laughing matter a fit subject for laughter (
no laughing matter, a serious matter);
laughing-muscle the muscle that produces the facial contortions of laughter;
laughing-stock an object of derisive laughter or general ridicule.
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