- laugh at something
- laugh at (something)
to show you think something is ridiculous.
Cynthia laughs at the suggestion she's doing this job for the money.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
laugh at something
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laugh off something — laugh off (something) to act as if something is not important to you. It s not easy to laugh off an insult. She criticizes his work constantly but he doesn t get angry, he just laughs it off … New idioms dictionary
laugh at something — ˈlaugh at sb/sth derived to make sb/sth seem stupid or not serious by making jokes about them/it Syn: ↑ridicule • Everybody laughs at my accent. • She is not afraid to laugh at herself (= is not too serious about herself) … Useful english dictionary
laugh someone/something out of court — dismiss with contempt as being obviously ridiculous … Useful english dictionary
laugh someone out of court — see under ↑laugh • • • Main Entry: ↑court laugh someone out of court To prevent someone getting a hearing by ridicule • • • Main Entry: ↑laugh * * * laugh someone/something out of court phrase if you laugh someone or something out of court, you… … Useful english dictionary
laugh something out of court — laugh someone/something out of court phrase if you laugh someone or something out of court, you show them that you think their ideas or suggestions are very silly Anyone who made claims like that these days would be laughed out of court.… … Useful english dictionary
laugh off — (something) to act as if something is not important to you. It s not easy to laugh off an insult. She criticizes his work constantly but he doesn t get angry, he just laughs it off … New idioms dictionary
have a (good) laugh (about something) — have a (good) ˈlaugh (about sth) idiom to find sth amusing • I was angry at the time but we had a good laugh about it afterwards. • My family and friends all had a good laugh at my expense. Main entry: ↑laughidiom … Useful english dictionary
laugh at — (something) to show you think something is ridiculous. Cynthia laughs at the suggestion she s doing this job for the money … New idioms dictionary
laugh — 1 verb 1 MAKE SOUND (I) to make the sounds and movements of the face that people make when they think something is funny: Jonathan kept pulling funny faces at me, and I couldn t stop laughing. (+ at/about): I couldn t understand why they were all … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
laugh — I UK [lɑːf] / US [læf] verb [intransitive] Word forms laugh : present tense I/you/we/they laugh he/she/it laughs present participle laughing past tense laughed past participle laughed *** Other ways of saying laugh: giggle to laugh in a nervous… … English dictionary
