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  • 111laugh — 1. verb 1) Norma started to laugh excitedly Syn: chuckle, chortle, guffaw, cackle, giggle, titter, twitter, snigger, snicker, yuk, tee hee, burst out laughing, roar/hoot/howl with laughter, crack up, dissolve into laughter, split one s sides …

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  • 112chortle — v 1. chuckle, laugh gleefully; snicker, snigger; chant, sing exultantly; cackle, triumph, gloat, gloat over, crow, crow over. n 2. chuckle, giggle, snicker, cackle …

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  • 113cluck — v 1. cackle, chuck, chuckle, click, clack; crow, quack; chirp, chirrup, chirk, coo. n 2. cackle, cackling, chuck, chucking, chuckle, chuckling, click, clicking, clack, clacking; crow, crowing, quack, quacking; chirp, chirping, chirrup, chirruping …

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  • 114laugh — v 1. giggle, snicker, snigger, titter, tee hee, ha ha, haw haw, Sl. yuk yuk; Inf. break up, Inf. crack up, burst out laughing; shake with laughter, be convulsed, split one s sides, Inf. roll on the floor, Inf. be in stitches, Inf. double up or… …

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  • 115laugh — 1. verb he started to laugh Syn: chuckle, chortle, guffaw, giggle, titter, snigger, roar, hoot with laughter, split one s sides; informal be in stitches, be rolling in the aisles, crease up, fall about, crack up; Brit.; informal kill oneself 2.… …

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  • 116cackle — [n] a loud laugh chortle, chuckle, cluck, crow, gibber, giggle, gobble, guffaw, quack, snicker, snigger, titter; concept 77 cackle [v] laugh irritatingly babble, blather, burble, chortle, chuckle, cluck, crow, gibber, giggle, gobble, jabber,… …

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  • 117laugh — [v] expressing amusement, happiness with sound be in stitches*, break up*, burst*, cachinnate, chortle, chuckle, convulsed*, crack up*, crow, die laughing*, fracture*, giggle, grin, guffaw, howl, roar, roll in the aisles*, scream, shriek, snicker …

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  • 118laughter — laugh [v] expressing amusement, happiness with sound be in stitches*, break up*, burst*, cachinnate, chortle, chuckle, convulsed*, crack up*, crow, die laughing*, fracture*, giggle, grin, guffaw, howl, roar, roll in the aisles*, scream, shriek,… …

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  • 119chortle — ► VERB ▪ laugh in a breathy, gleeful way. ► NOUN ▪ a breathy, gleeful laugh. ORIGIN coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass; probably a blend of CHUCKLE(Cf. ↑chuckle) and SNORT(Cf. ↑snorter) …

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  • 120chucklingly — ˈchək(ə)liŋlē, li adverb Etymology: from present participle of chuckle (I) + ly : with a chuckle …

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