2. Verb. (third-person singular of laugh) ¹
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Definition of Laughs
1. laugh [v] - See also: laugh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laughs
Literary usage of Laughs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"[These jx'ems are copyrighted, and are reprinted here by permission of Mr.
Hay] WHEN PHYLLIS laughs WHEN Phyllis laughs, in sweet surprise My heart asks if ..."
2. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"He is not laughed at, who laughs at himself first. 7. He laughs ill that laughs
... He that laughs alone will be sport in company. 10. He that laughs at his ..."
3. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"WHEN PHYLLIS laughs WHEN Phyllis laughs, in sweet surprise My heart asks if my
dazzling eyes Or if my ears take more delight In luscious sound or beauty ..."
4. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"Antonio laughs. Do not have a dance: it is out of place — absurd in fact: so
early in the morning! ..."
5. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... laughs; he always despised Cassius; there was little moral balance to either
of them. ... laughs ..."
6. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
"She always laughs at him ; and he is not likely to think of her in any other than
a brotherly way." The first part of this speech comprised his whole store ..."
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