prelaugh

adj

Etymology

From pre- + laugh.

  1. inherited from *hlahjaną
  2. inherited from *hlahhjan
  3. inherited from hlæhhan
  4. inherited from laughen
  5. prefixed as prelaugh — “pre + laugh

Definitions

  1. Occurring before laughter.

    • […] the amplitude of the laugh, which is the distance between the prelaugh base line and its highest intensity peak.
    • After a laugh subsides, a brief relaxation phase occurs, during which the HR and BP drop below the prelaugh baseline levels.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prelaugh. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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