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LAUGHING

\lˈafɪŋ], \lˈafɪŋ], \l_ˈa_f_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of LAUGHING

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Expressing mirth; having the character of laughter.
Act of one who laughs.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and attended by an interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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