| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An act of laughing: cachinnation, cackle, guffaw, laughter. Informal : heehaw. See LAUGHTER, SOUNDS. 2. Informal. Something or someone uproariously funny or absurd: absurdity. Informal : hoot, joke, scream. Slang : gas, howl, panic, riot. Idioms: a laugh a minute. See LAUGHTER. | | VERB: | 1. To express amusement, mirth, or scorn by smiling and emitting loud, inarticulate sounds: cachinnate, cackle, guffaw. Informal : heehaw. Idioms: die laughing, laugh one's head off, roll in the aisles, split one's sides. See LAUGHTER, SOUNDS. 2. To make fun or make fun of: deride, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, ridicule, scoff, scout2, twit. Chiefly British : quiz. Idioms: poke fun at. See LAUGHTER, RESPECT.
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