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belaugh

belaugh verb: to laugh about; laugh over; laugh at.

Verb

belaugh (third-person singular simple present belaughs, present participle belaughing, simple past and past participle belaughed)

  1. (transitive) To laugh about; laugh over; laugh at.
    • One step out of, one step into, our homes, our hearts, and accepted truth falls before the laughter and questing of positively revolting women belaughing our way through the wilderness of women's wildness, through the curiosity of Sarasvati, into the answers we need, the answers we know, the...2000, Laughing Womyn Ashonosheni, Whispers of Our Knowings

Forms of belaugh

third-person singular presentbelaughs
present participlebelaughing
past participlebelaughed
pastbelaughed

Origin of belaugh

From Middle English belahhen, beliȝen, from Old English behlehhan, behliehhan (“to deride, exult over”), equivalent to be- + laugh. Cognate with German belachen (“to laugh at”).

Questions about belaugh

What does belaugh mean?
Belaugh means to laugh about; laugh over; laugh at.
What part of speech is belaugh?
Belaugh is a verb.
What is the past tense of belaugh?
The past tense of belaugh is belaughed.

Words near belaugh in the dictionary

  1. belauded
  2. belauder
  3. belauders
  4. belauding
  5. belauds
  6. belaugh
  7. belave
  8. belaved
  9. belaves
  10. belaving
  11. Belawan

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