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laughed

  • past participle
    of laugh.
    laugh
    verb (used without object)
    to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
  • past tense form
    of laugh.
    laugh
    verb (used without object)
    to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.

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A Scottish linguist laughed at me, but I’m saying it right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

In his exit interview, external, Acaster admitted the round table had been intense, but laughed off his uncloaking.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

She laughed again and said something that needs no translation: “Yes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Vision who lived, laughed and loved beside Wanda was an illusion, a delusion, really, brought to life by witchcraft.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Grandpa laughed and said, “Oh, I don’t think anything like that’s going to happen. You wouldn’t sound half as bad talking to a monkey as some of these farmers do talking to their mules.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls