English Explanatory Dictionary

make a cat laugh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be extremely funny.

Word forms

make a cat laugh makes a cat laugh making a cat laugh made a cat laugh

Etymology

Coined in 1893 as part of the advertising for the Broadway production of the play Charlie's Aunt, ("it makes a cat laugh") based on the observation that cats do not laugh.

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