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laughing

English

Etymology

From Middle English lawghynge; equivalent to laugh +? -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?l??f??/
  • Rhymes: -??f??

Noun

laughing (countable and uncountable, plural laughings)

  1. The action of the verb to laugh.

Verb

laughing

  1. present participle of laugh

Usage notes

As with other present participles, laughing can be used as an adjective:

The Laughing Cavalier
laughing hyena

Likewise, as with other gerunds, laughing can be used as a verbal noun:

Laughing could be heard all the way from the back of the room!

Synonyms

  • (as a gerund): hilarity, laughter

Derived terms

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  • what laughing does to your body
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  • what laughing gas feels like
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  • what laughing means
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  • what laughing does to you

gasping

English

Pronunciation

Verb

gasping

  1. present participle of gasp

Noun

gasping (plural gaspings)

  1. The act by which one gasps.
    • sundry violent gaspings and strainings

Adjective

gasping (not comparable)

  1. (Britain, slang) Very thirsty
    • 2011, Kate Ellis, The Armada Boy: Number 2 in series, Hachette UK ?ISBN
      Any chance of a cup of tea? I'm gasping.

Anagrams

  • gapings, pagings

gasping From the web:

  • gasping meaning
  • what's gasping for air
  • what gasping meaning in arabic
  • gasping what does it mean
  • what is gasping breathing
  • what is gasping condition
  • what is gasping syndrome
  • what causes gasping shortness of breath
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