outlaugh
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a word derived from
laugh.
laughverb (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.
Example Sentences
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Reagan is going to outrun death, he is going to outthink death, he is going to outlaugh death if it is humanly possible.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He watched the other men at the party bow, too, clustering around Chief, jostling to outlaugh one another when Chief made a joke.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Well, villain, I only laugh to see That we shall live to outlaugh him and thee.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
Why, I feel that I could outfiddle the cat, outjump the cow, outlaugh the dog, and start an elopement that would knock the performance of the tableware as silly as—well, as I am talking now.
From The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama by Edmund Day