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horselaugh

horselaugh noun: a loud, boisterous laugh.

Noun

horselaugh (plural horselaughs)

  1. (figuratively) A loud, boisterous laugh.
    • Let realism have its demonstration, comedy its criticism, or even bawdry its horselaugh at the expense of sexual infatuation, if it must; but to ask us to subject our souls to its ruinous glamour, to worship it, deify it, and imply that it alone makes our life worth living, is nothing but folly...1901, [George] Bernard Shaw, “Three Plays for Puritans”, in Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil’s Disciple, Cæsar and Cleopatra, & Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, London: Grant Richards, […], →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    horselaughter

Synonyms of horselaugh

Forms of horselaugh

pluralhorselaughs

Origin of horselaugh

From horse + laugh.

Questions about horselaugh

What does horselaugh mean?
Horselaugh means a loud, boisterous laugh.
What part of speech is horselaugh?
Horselaugh is a noun.
What is the plural of horselaugh?
The plural of horselaugh is horselaughs.

Words near horselaugh in the dictionary

  1. horsekeepers
  2. horsekeeping
  3. horsekind
  4. horseknop
  5. horseknops
  6. horselaugh
  7. horselaughs
  8. horselaughter
  9. horseleech
  10. horseleeches
  11. horseless

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