"laugh-in" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: laugh-ins [plural]
Etymology: After Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, an American sketch comedy television program that began in 1967. Blend of laugh + love-in or similar, from the hippy protests popular at the time. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|laugh|love-in}} Blend of laugh + love-in Head templates: {{en-noun}} laugh-in (plural laugh-ins)
  1. (dated, rare) A comedy show. Wikipedia link: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Tags: dated, rare
    Sense id: en-laugh-in-en-noun-Yjds6H-f Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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