laughed

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Definition of laughednext
past tense of laugh
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as in giggled
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound everyone laughed when the clown dramatically slipped and fell

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as in smiled
to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions you're going to try out for the football team? Don't make me laugh!

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Recent Examples of laughed For the next few hours Vrabel talked and laughed, and didn’t move from his seat. — Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025 The couple laughed the comments off, before reflecting on 2024 and looking ahead. — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 1 Jan. 2025 Asked about whether Reagan was tracking the spread of AIDS in 1982, his press secretary, Larry Speakes, infamously laughed. — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024

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