Phrase Hound found 75 phrases and 9 compound words that contain laughing. The most common are listed below. Open laughing in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 75
- laughing stockAn object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.
- laughing gasNitrous oxide, especially when used as an anaesthetic.
- laughing kookaburraA kookaburra of species Dacelo novaeguineae, native to eastern Australia and famed for its loud laugh-like call.
- burst out laughingTo start laughing suddenly and intensely.
- laughing doveA small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.
- laughing gullA common European gull (Xema ridibundus).
- laughing falconA South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans), so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laughing.
- laughing owlAn owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, now probably extinct, named for its cry.
- die laughingTo laugh uproariously.
- laughing academyA mental hospital.
- Laughing Bird CayeAn island of Belize.
- laughing gearThe mouth.
- died laughingsimple past and past participle of die laughing
- dies laughingthird-person singular simple present indicative of die laughing: To laugh uproariously.
- dying laughingpresent participle and gerund of die laughing
- laughing waterSynonym of laughing juice (“alcoholic drink”).
- laughing sicknessThe disease kuru.
- laughing heirsplural of laughing heir: In the law of inheritance, an heir who is legally entitled to inherit the property of a person who has died, even though that heir is only distantly related to the deceased, and therefore has no reason to feel …
- laughing heirIn the law of inheritance, an heir who is legally entitled to inherit the property of a person who has died, even though that heir is only distantly related to the deceased, and therefore has no reason to feel bereaved over the death.
- laughing clownsplural of laughing clown: One of a series of clown figurines, typically from the torso up with laughing face and open mouth, which move from side to side as part of a fairground or sideshow game the aim of which is to insert balls into the …
- laughing turtle doveSynonym of laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
- laughing thrushAlternative form of laughingthrush: Any of a number of species of tropical birds in the family Leiothrichidae, found mainly in Asia.
- no laughing matterA serious situation that cannot be dealt with by making jokes about it.
- laughing heir statuteA statute that prohibits inheritance from passing to an heir who is too distantly removed from the deceased.
- laughing hyenaThe spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta); so called because of the resemblance of its call to human laughter.
Compound words 9
- laughinglyWith laughter or merriment.
- laughingthrushAny of a number of species of tropical birds in the family Leiothrichidae, found mainly in Asia.
- laughingstockAlternative spelling of laughing stock: An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.
- nonlaughingNot laughing.
- unlaughingNot laughing.
- bellylaughingpresent participle and gerund of bellylaugh
- laughingstocksplural of laughingstock: An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.
- outlaughingpresent participle and gerund of outlaugh
- overslaughingpresent participle and gerund of overslaugh