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laughs like a drain

laughs like a drain is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 laughs like a drain

What is laughs like a drain the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Laughs like a drain is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laugh like a drain.

Words near laughs like a drain in the dictionary

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

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