Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word laughin.

Examples

  • 'Bless your heart, you can stay forever, as far as I'm concerned,' says I. 'Well, perhaps I will,' says she, leanin 'back an' laughin '-- she's got a sweet-pretty laugh, hev you noticed, Howard?

    The Old Gray Homestead Frances Parkinson Keyes 1927

  • Her constant phrase was 'I shall die o' laughin '-- I know I shall!'

    Aylwin Theodore Watts-Dunton 1873

  • White House Web site shows Bush and McCain laughin ...

    White House Web site shows Bush and McCain laughing, eating cake, while Katrina is destroying New Orleans 2005

  • White House Web site shows Bush and McCain laughin ...

    08/30/2005 2005

  • "Talkin 'an' laughin'-why, I seen you my own self."

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • "Talkin 'an' laughin'-why, I seen you my own self."

    Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

  • "Talkin 'an' laughin'-why, I seen you my own self."

    Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

  • I nivur sheudn abin abrought down vur to be the pour weesh thing that I be now -- vur to zee my man, cruel like, mak a laughin 'sport of all the love that I've a' ad vorn, an 'lef me athout one beet o' pity, vur the mortal pàin I've abeared, 'bout the shee'amful way 'eev asàrd me.

    Monsieur De Pourceaugnac 1622-1673 Moli��re 1647

  • The swell, as was a tall, fine-lookin 'chap, was in high sperits, an' had just come in for the lark of the thing, Joe sees plain, for he were makin 'his jokes free an' easy about everythin ', an' laughin 'fit to kill hisself every now an' then.

    Smethurstses 1995

  • Bofe doin 'fust rate, boys'; an 'den he stepped back in de house, sort o' laughin 'to hisse'f, an' in a minute he come out ag'in wid de baby in he arms, all wrapped up in flannens an 'things, an' sez, 'Heah he is, boys.'

    Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.