| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A long, mournful cry: bay2, moan, ululation, wail, yowl. See SOUNDS. 2. Slang. Something or someone uproariously funny or absurd: absurdity. Informal : hoot, joke, laugh, scream. Slang : gas, panic, riot. Idioms: a laugh a minute. See LAUGHTER. | | VERB: | 1. To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress: bawl, wail, yowl. See SOUNDS. 2. Slang. To express great amusement or mirth: guffaw, roar. Informal : break up. See LAUGHTER. 3. To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears: bawl, blubber, cry, keen2, sob, wail, weep, yowl. See HAPPY, SOUNDS. 4. To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound: bay2, moan, ululate, wail, yowl. See SOUNDS.
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