- bust a gut laughing
- bust a gut (laughing)
informal
to laugh a lot.
I bust a gut laughing at his imitation of the Queen.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
bust a gut laughing
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bust a gut — (informal) To make a great deal of strenuous effort • • • Main Entry: ↑gut * * * bust a gut informal phrase to try extremely hard to achieve something I nearly bust a gut trying to get the job finished on time. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get … Useful english dictionary
bust a gut — (laughing) informal to laugh a lot. I bust a gut laughing at his imitation of the Queen … New idioms dictionary
bust — bust1 [bʌst] v past tense and past participle bust BrE also busted especially AmE [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(break)¦ 2¦(police)¦ 3¦(try hard)¦ 4¦(money)¦ 5 crime busting/union busting/budget busting etc 6 ... or bust! 7¦(milit … Dictionary of contemporary English
split — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrupt, absquatulate, abysm, abyss, aggravated, agree to disagree, alienate, alienation, allot, amputate, aperture, apportion, arroyo, assessable stock, atomize, authorized capital stock, ax, be in stitches,… … Moby Thesaurus
cackle — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, babble, babblement, bark, bavardage, bawl, be in stitches, belch, bellow, belly laugh, bibble babble, blab, blabber, blah blah, blare, blat, blather, blether, blethers, blubber, boff, boffola, boom,… … Moby Thesaurus
chortle — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, be in stitches, belly laugh, boff, boffola, break up, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chuckle … Moby Thesaurus
chuckle — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, be in stitches, belly laugh, boff, boffola, break up, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chortle … Moby Thesaurus
crow — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, aphonia, artificial voice, bar, bark, bawl, be in stitches, beam, bellow, belly laugh, blare, blat, blow, blubber, bluster, boff, boffola, boom, brag, bray, break up, breathe, broken speech, broken… … Moby Thesaurus
giggle — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, be in stitches, belly laugh, boff, boffola, break up, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chortle … Moby Thesaurus
guffaw — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, be in stitches, belly laugh, boff, boffola, break up, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chortle … Moby Thesaurus
