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laughing in someone's face

laughing in someone's face is the present participle and gerund of laugh in someone's face.

Meaning of laugh in someone's face

Verb

laugh in someone's face (third-person singular simple present laughs in someone's face, present participle laughing in someone's face, simple past and past participle laughed in someone's face)

  1. To not take someone seriously.
    • Like the one that I heard of from Jeremy Sissons
      Who said he, he moved near the motorway
      'Cause it was good for commuting
      And I laughed in his face because I, I thought he was joking2025, “Grown Ups”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp

Questions about laughing in someone's face

What is laughing in someone's face the present participle and gerund of?
Laughing in someone's face is the present participle and gerund of laugh in someone's face.

Words near laughing in someone's face in the dictionary

  1. laughing hyena
  2. laughing hyenas
  3. laughing hyæna
  4. laughing hyænas
  5. laughing in one's sleeve
  6. laughing in someone's face
  7. laughing jackass
  8. laughing jackasses
  9. laughing juice
  10. laughing kookaburra
  11. laughing kookaburras

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