"laugh like a hyena" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-laugh like a hyena.ogg [Australia] Forms: laughs like a hyena [present, singular, third-person], laughing like a hyena [participle, present], laughed like a hyena [participle, past], laughed like a hyena [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} laugh like a hyena (third-person singular simple present laughs like a hyena, present participle laughing like a hyena, simple past and past participle laughed like a hyena)
  1. (simile) To laugh hysterically
    Sense id: en-laugh_like_a_hyena-en-verb-RsnEZlvz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

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