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laughing one's head off

laughing one's head off is the present participle and gerund of laugh one's head off.

Meaning of laugh one's head off

Verb

laugh one's head off (third-person singular simple present laughs one's head off, present participle laughing one's head off, simple past and past participle laughed one's head off)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To laugh uproariously.

Questions about laughing one's head off

What is laughing one's head off the present participle and gerund of?
Laughing one's head off is the present participle and gerund of laugh one's head off.

Words near laughing one's head off in the dictionary

  1. laughing off
  2. laughing on the other side of one's face
  3. laughing on the wrong side of one's face
  4. laughing on the wrong side of one's mouth
  5. laughing one's ass off
  6. laughing one's head off
  7. laughing out of court
  8. laughing out of the other side of one's mouth
  9. laughing owl
  10. laughing owls
  11. laughing sickness

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