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• present participle of laugh.

laughing

American  

[laf-ing, lah-fing] / ˈlæf ɪŋ, ˈlɑ fɪŋ /

adjective

1. that laughs or is given to laughter.

   a laughing child.

2. uttering sounds like human laughter, as some birds.

3. suggesting laughter by brightness, color, sound, etc..

   a laughing stream; laughing flowers.

4. laughable.

   The increase in crime is no laughing matter.

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noun

1. laughter.

Other Word Forms

• unlaughing
  adjective
• laughingly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of laughing

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at laugh, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

laughing

I want to see Elizabeth James laughing on the set of a photo shoot, with her daughter helping to style the campaign—where motherhood doesn’t end when work begins, and the beauty is the blur.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Russell, who lines up second to Gasly, was laughing about it.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The Bayeux tapestry also features prominently in the Times, which carries a photograph of King Charles III laughing alongside the French president as they viewed the tapestry on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

For someone for whom jokes were a constant, this was no laughing matter.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

We were all laughing when the trolley stopped at Seventh and we joined the hordes of Saturday shoppers.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Related Words

• humorous