Laughing
121laughing owl — ▪ bird an extinct bird of the family Strigidae (order Strigiformes) that was native to New Zealand. It was last seen in the early 1900s. Laughing owls nested on the ground, where they fell prey to cats, rats, goats, and weasels. About 40 cm …
122laughing falcon — noun A South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans), so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laughing. Syn: snake hawk …
123laughing gear — noun The mouth. Wrap your laughing gear around fresh bread and tasty spreads to set yourself up for the day …
124Laughing cavalier — (1624; London, Wallace Collection) It is not clear who the sitter in this portrait by Frans Hals is, though the inscription on the upper right corner specifies that the man was 26 years old when the artist rendered the work. The title of the… …
125laughing boy — n British a. a morose, grumbling, sullen or excessively serious looking person. The phrase is used with heavy irony to deride or provoke someone thought to be unnecessarily grumpy, stern or self pitying. ► Why don t you go and ask laughing boy… …
126laughing gear — n British the mouth. A joky euphemism playing on the notion of body parts as equipment on the lines of wedding tackle. It probably dates from the 1970s. ► Get your laughing gear around this! (Dialogue in TV advertisement for Heineken beer, 1988) …
127laughing water — n alcohol. These are middle class witti cisms applied particularly to champagne or gin. Laughing water also recalls the Indian princess in Longfellow s long nar rative poem Hiawatha. Similar terms still in use are giggle water, electric soup or… …
128laughing juice — n alcohol. These are middle class witti cisms applied particularly to champagne or gin. Laughing water also recalls the Indian princess in Longfellow s long nar rative poem Hiawatha. Similar terms still in use are giggle water, electric soup or… …
