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outlaughing

outlaughing is the present participle and gerund of outlaugh.

Meaning of outlaugh

Verb

outlaugh (third-person singular simple present outlaughs, present participle outlaughing, simple past and past participle outlaughed)

  1. (transitive) To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.
    • His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. - Franklin
  2. (transitive) To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.
    • At his father's quick guffaw he jumped back, trying to outlaugh him. "Mamma, did you hear what I said, Mamma?" Boardman felt his side. "My boy, that's a good one."1995, Myra Page, Moscow Yankee

Questions about outlaughing

What is outlaughing the present participle and gerund of?
Outlaughing is the present participle and gerund of outlaugh.

Words near outlaughing in the dictionary

  1. outlasteth
  2. outlasting
  3. outlasts
  4. outlaugh
  5. outlaughed
  6. outlaughing
  7. outlaughs
  8. outlaunch
  9. outlaunched
  10. outlaunches
  11. outlaunching

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outlaughing (page history and authors); outlaugh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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