"laughing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɑːfɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-laughing.ogg Forms: laughings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːfɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English lawghynge; equivalent to laugh + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lawghynge}} Middle English lawghynge, {{suffix|en|laugh|ing}} laugh + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} laughing (countable and uncountable, plural laughings)
  1. The action of the verb to laugh. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-laughing-en-noun-7c69qI4h

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈlɑːfɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-laughing.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑːfɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English lawghynge; equivalent to laugh + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lawghynge}} Middle English lawghynge, {{suffix|en|laugh|ing}} laugh + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} laughing
  1. present participle and gerund of laugh Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: laugh Categories (topical): Laughter Synonyms: hilarity [gerund], laughter [gerund]
    Sense id: en-laughing-en-verb-DA~vtmSp Disambiguation of Laughter: 7 93 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Derived forms: burst out laughing, die laughing, laughing academy, laughing death, laughing dove, laughing-eyed, laughing falcon, laughing gas, laughing-gear, laughing gear, laughing goose, laughing group, laughing gull, laughing heir, laughing heir statute, laughing hyaena, laughing hyena, laughing jackass, laughing juice, laughing kookaburra, laughing owl, laughing sickness, laughing soup, laughing stalk, laughing-stock, laughingstock, laughing stock, laughing thrush, laughing turtle dove, laughing water, no laughing matter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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