LAUGHED | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of laughed in English laughed Add to word list Add to word list past simple and past participle of laugh laughverb [ I ] uk /lɑːf/ us /læf/ A2 to smile while making sounds with your voice that show you think something is funny or you are happy: laugh at They laughed at her jokes. I couldn't stop laughing. I said he'd have to give a talk and he laughed nervously.make someone laugh She's so funny - she really makes me laugh.laugh out loud It's very rare that a book is so good you actually laugh out loud.burst out laughing It was so funny, I burst out laughing (= laughed suddenly and loudly).laugh till you cry I laughed till I cried. to laugh

• laughThe children were laughing at the cartoons.
• chuckleShe was chuckling as she read the letter.
• giggleThe girls were giggling at the back of the classroom.
• sniggerThey sniggered at what she was wearing.
• snickerUS Stop snickering at that rude joke and get back to your classwork.
• chortleShe chortled with glee at the news.

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• Please don't laugh - I'm being serious.
• I could see Emma trying not to laugh and of course that started me off.
• They joked and laughed as they looked at the photos.
• The audience was still laughing as the curtain fell.
• When he laughs he sounds like a horse neighing.

Laughing and smiling

• a gleam in your eye idiom
• amused
• amusedly
• be all smiles idiom
• be in convulsions idiom
• be rolling in the aisles idiom
• burst
• cheesy
• crease
• dissolve
• giggle
• giggler
• gigglingly
• giggly
• mirthful
• mirthfully
• not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
• piss yourself (laughing) idiom
• rictus
• yuck

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Idioms

be laughed out of court be laughing be laughing all the way to the bank be laughing on the other side of your face be no laughing matter don't make me laugh! he who laughs last, laughs longest/best laugh your head off laugh in someone's face laugh like a drain laugh up your sleeve you've got to laugh

Phrasal verbs

laugh at someone/something laugh something off (Definition of laughed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of laughed

laughed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

In their view, classes that laughed readily ranked highly in terms of cohesion, while classes in which students were reluctant to laugh rated poorly. From the Cambridge English Corpus We argued a bit and laughed a lot and the fire of his writing and character warmed my heart. From the Cambridge English Corpus English which would not be laughed at in any part of the country. From the Cambridge English Corpus How can one illuminate when one is ignored or, at best, laughed at? From the Cambridge English Corpus In between times they told stories, laughed and told more stories and sung songs. From the Cambridge English Corpus When the man in the night-shirt walked past once more, the women laughed again, and another male resident sitting in the lounge laughed with them. From the Cambridge English Corpus Accordingly, it can still be laughed at, and is. From the Cambridge English Corpus They expected to be outraged and, when they duly were, they laughed happily. From the Cambridge English Corpus Spitting stains people's houses and one time when the anti-heroine laughed the clothes of the girls sitting beside her also became spotted with red stains. From the Cambridge English Corpus Perhaps it is the result of long periods in the wilderness, when mainstream linguists - particularly computational linguists laughed at their efforts. From the Cambridge English Corpus She threatened to call the police, but one of her assailants laughed and told her that several of them were the law. From the Cambridge English Corpus The day after beginning paroxetine treatment (day 19 after admission), he became talkative and laughed frequently in conversation with his family. From the Cambridge English Corpus He had a suspicion that he was being laughed at. From the Cambridge English Corpus It appeared as if a gentleman's slumbers had been disturbed, though the nightmen laughed and declared it was a lady's voice! From the Cambridge English Corpus I tried them on bananas - some liked them and asked for more, others made awful faces and the rest laughed. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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More meanings of laughed

• laugh
• laugh at someone/something
• laugh out loud
• laugh off something phrasal verb
• laugh at someone/something phrasal verb
• laugh something off phrasal verb
• be laughed out of court idiom

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• laugh off something phrasal verb
• laugh at someone/something phrasal verb
• laugh something off phrasal verb

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• be laughed out of court idiom

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