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cachinnating

cachinnating is the present participle and gerund of cachinnate.

Meaning of cachinnate

Verb

cachinnate (third-person singular simple present cachinnates, present participle cachinnating, simple past and past participle cachinnated)

  1. (intransitive) To laugh immoderately, loudly, or too often.
    • The villain began to cachinnate and twirl his moustache.
    Synonyms:
    guffaw

Adjective

cachinnating (comparative more cachinnating, superlative most cachinnating)

  1. Cackling, laughing.
    • Yes, think of Johnson not as man but a sort of personified synthesis: one between the high-minded politics of old and the cachinnating prejudices of the new bigots.2019 August 25, Will Self, The Observer

Forms of cachinnating

comparativemore cachinnating
superlativemost cachinnating

Questions about cachinnating

What does cachinnating mean?
Cachinnating means cackling, laughing.
What is cachinnating the present participle and gerund of?
Cachinnating is the present participle and gerund of cachinnate.
What part of speech is cachinnating?
Cachinnating is an adjective.

Words near cachinnating in the dictionary

  1. caching proxy
  2. cachings
  3. cachinnate
  4. cachinnated
  5. cachinnates
  6. cachinnating
  7. cachinnation
  8. cachinnations
  9. cachinnator
  10. cachinnators
  11. cachinnatory

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