"ROFL" meaning in English

See ROFL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ɑɹˌoʊˌɛfˈɛl/, /ɹɒfl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-ROFL.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} ROFL
  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of rolling on the floor, laughing; used to indicate great amusement. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: rolling on the floor (extra: used to indicate great amusement), laughing (extra: used to indicate great amusement)
    Sense id: en-ROFL-en-phrase-lUCvRlaJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 48 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 42 12
  2. (rare, dated) Initialism of ran out for lunch. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism, rare Alternative form of: ran out for lunch
    Sense id: en-ROFL-en-phrase-4D7g-3QM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 48 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 42 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: roll in the aisles, ROTFL Derived forms: roflcopter, roflstomp
Related terms: LMAO, LOL, ROFLMAO, ROFLOL, ROTFLACGU, ROTFLAHMS, ROTFLBTC, ROTFLGO, ROTFLMAO, ROTFLOL, ROTFLSHIWMP

Verb

IPA: /ɑɹˌoʊˌɛfˈɛl/, /ɹɒfl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-ROFL.wav [US] Forms: ROFLs [present, singular, third-person], ROFLing [participle, present], ROFLed [participle, past], ROFLed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-verb}} ROFL (third-person singular simple present ROFLs, present participle ROFLing, simple past and past participle ROFLed)
  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of roll on the floor, laughing; to experience great amusement at something. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: roll on the floor (extra: to experience great amusement at something), laughing (extra: to experience great amusement at something)
    Sense id: en-ROFL-en-verb-~jgEaJne Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 42 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ROTFL

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ROFL meaning in English (6.0kB)

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