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laughed like a drain

laughed like a drain is the simple past and past participle of laugh like a drain.

Meaning of laugh like a drain

Verb

laugh like a drain (third-person singular simple present laughs like a drain, present participle laughing like a drain, simple past and past participle laughed like a drain)

  1. (UK, simile) To laugh with a loud, coarse sound
    • Charles laughs like a drain and empties his champagne glass. “How about some fruit juice and muesli, pumpkin?”2007, William Brandt, The Book of the Film of the Story of My Life

Questions about laughed like a drain

What is laughed like a drain the simple past and past participle of?
Laughed like a drain is the simple past and past participle of laugh like a drain.

Words near laughed like a drain in the dictionary

  1. laughed at
  2. laughed away
  3. laughed down
  4. laughed in one's sleeve
  5. laughed in someone's face
  6. laughed like a drain
  7. laughed off
  8. laughed on the other side of one's face
  9. laughed on the wrong side of one's face
  10. laughed on the wrong side of one's mouth
  11. laughed one's ass off

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