English Explanatory Dictionary

outlaugh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.
  2. To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.

Word forms

outlaugh outlaughs outlaughing outlaughed

Etymology

From out- + laugh. Compare Saterland Frisian uutlachje, West Frisian útlaitsje, Dutch uitlachen (“to ridicule”), German Low German utlachen, German auslachen (“to laugh at”), Danish udle.

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