laughing

noun
/ˈlɑːfɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English lawghynge; equivalent to laugh + -ing.

  1. inherited from lawghynge

Definitions

  1. verbal noun of laugh

    verbal noun of laugh: the action of the verb to laugh.

  2. present participle and gerund of laugh

  3. verbal adjective of laugh

    verbal adjective of laugh: the action of the verb to laugh.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at laughing. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at laughing. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at laughing

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA