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Laughing   /lˈæfɪŋ/   Listen
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Laughing  adj., n.  From Laugh, v. i.
Laughing falcon (Zool.), a South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans); so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh.
Laughing gas (Chem.), nitrous oxide, also called hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; so called from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes produces when inhaled. It has been much used as an anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in dentistry
Laughing goose (Zool.), the European white-fronted goose.
Laughing gull. (Zool.)
(a)
A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); called also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and sea crow.
(b)
An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.
Laughing hyena (Zool.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena.
Laughing jackass (Zool.), the great brown kingfisher (Dacelo gigas), of Australia; called also giant kingfisher, and gogobera.
Laughing owl (Zool.), a peculiar owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes.





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"Laughing" Quotes from Famous Books



... A group of laughing Italian girls with kerchiefs on their heads surrounded him suddenly and he became the centre of a shower—a storm—of confetti. His mood changed in a second. He would show her what to expect! Without ...
— Charles Rex • Ethel M. Dell
... makes me suspect—" What he suspected he did not say; instead he turned on his heel, without a word of explanation, and ran down the stairs. I stood staring after him, wondering if every one in the place had gone crazy. Then I heard Betty Mercer scream and the rest talking loud and laughing, and Mr. Harbison came up the stairs again ...
— When a Man Marries • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... be on our guard lest this most deceptive argument with its youthful looks, beguiling us old men, give us the slip and make a laughing-stock of us. Who knows but we may be aiming at the greater, and fail of attaining the lesser? Suppose that we three have to pass a rapid river, and I, being the youngest of the three and experienced in rivers, take upon ...
— Laws • Plato
... wish it.' Her provoking calmness stung me,—and the suspicion that she was laughing at me in her sleeve. I gave her a glimpse of the cloven hoof. 'But, at the same time, since you assert that you have so long been innocent, I beg that you will continue so no more. At least, your innocence shall be without excuse. For I wish you to understand that I love you, that I have loved ...
— The Beetle - A Mystery • Richard Marsh
... really!" exclaimed Valero, looking at him with such comic indignation that all the others burst out laughing. ...
— The Grandee • Armando Palacio Valds


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