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LOL

or lol

[ el-oh-el or, often, lol ]

/ ˈɛlˌoʊˈɛl or, often, lɒl /

Informal.

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interjection

laughing out loud; laugh out loud: used as a response to something funny or as a follow-up to something said only as a joke: You can see from the pics that my dog did not appreciate how we dressed him up for Halloween this year. LOL!

verb (used without object) LOLed, LOL·ing.

to laugh: I literally LOLed when I got your text.I can’t stop loling over this dumb video!

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Origin of LOL

First recorded in 1985–90; from its use in digital communications

Words nearby LOL

lokacara, Lokayata, Lokayatika, Loki, Lok Sabha, LOL, Lola, LOLcat, loliginid, Lolita, loll

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How to use LOL in a sentence

(Cyrus and Esco met while working together on the 2012 film LOL).
‘Free The Nipple’: (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right to Go Topless|Lizzie Crocker|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The only issue was whether “we can get [Blanc] calm and able to talk lol.”
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Shakespeare allusions appear everywhere from LOL cats to cell phone commercials to the best television series ever.
Book Bag: 5 Novels Shakespeare Sort of Wrote|Lois Leveen|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Asked if Rangel likes the song and has any plans to record a rap of his own, his campaign responded, “LOL, seriously?”
84 Year-Old Charlie Rangel Tries Out This Hip-Hop All The Kids Are Talking About|Olivia Nuzzi|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“lol so odee was killed by a girl smh [shaking my head],” one street guy later tweeted.
Chicago’s Gun-Toting Gang Girl: ‘Lil Snoop’|Michael Daly|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And yet these portents were valid enough too, as Nivin could have told him—the customary welcome at Lol Raman's.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
They entered the garden of Lol Raman to find it disposed as usual, inviting the evening trade.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
A native child approaches, bearing as an offering a Lol Ipop (one of the native fruits).
Us and the Bottleman|Edith Ballinger Price
Robson gave every stanza a nonsensical refrain of "Right tooral lol looral, right tooral lol lay."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864|Various
It is also due in part to the belief that there was a large river flowing between the Bahr-el-Homr and the Lol.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for LOL

LOL

/ text messaging /

abbreviation for

laughing out loud

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