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laughing like a drain

laughing like a drain is the present participle and gerund 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 laughing like a drain

What is laughing like a drain the present participle and gerund of?
Laughing like a drain is the present participle and gerund of laugh like a drain.

Words near laughing like a drain in the dictionary

  1. laughing jackass
  2. laughing jackasses
  3. laughing juice
  4. laughing kookaburra
  5. laughing kookaburras
  6. laughing like a drain
  7. laughing off
  8. laughing on the other side of one's face
  9. laughing on the wrong side of one's face
  10. laughing on the wrong side of one's mouth
  11. laughing one's ass off

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