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humorous, Inf. boffo; hilarious, hysterical, riotous, uproarious, too funny for words, side-splitting, Sl. a scream, Sl. a gas; entertaining, diverting, Inf. fun; jolly, mirthful, merry, jovial, jocose, jocular, waggish; teasing, joking, jesting, Inf kidding, Inf funning, playful, sportive, clownish, clowning.
2. ludicrous, absurd, ridiculous, nonsensical, foolish, Sl. cockeyed; poppycockish, Sl. cockamamie, am-phigoric; crazy, crazed, Sl. kooky, Scot. doiled; daft, Inf. daffy, crackbrained, Inf nutty.
laughing n. 1. laughter, laugh, risibility; giggle, snicker, snigger, titter. See - laugh {def. 5).
-adj. 2. happy, cheerful, cheery, full of cheer, gay, sunny; jovial, merry, jocund, jolly, mirthful; riant, smiling, happy as a lark; joyful, joyous, jubilant, rejoicing, gleeful; exultant, in seventh heaven, elated, overjoyed.
3. giggling, snickering, sniggering, tittering; guffawing, Sl. yukking, chortling, chuckling, cackling; cachinnating, roaring, shrieking.
4. funny, amusing, comical, laughable. See - laughable (def. 1).
laughingstock, n. butt, fool, everybody's fool, ass, joke, fair game, Inf goat, Brit. Sl. mug; dupe, gudgeon, Brit. Dial, cull, Archaic, cully, Inf. chump, Sl. sap, Sl. schnook, Sl. schlemiel, Sl. boob; greenhorn, sitting duck, easy or soft mark, easy or soft target, Inf. sucker, Inf. cinch, Sl. patsy, Sl. pigeon, U.S. Sl. fall guy, Sl. softie, Sl. soft touch, Sl. pushover; pawn, puppet, tool, instrument, cat's paw, creature, minion, dummy, Sl. stooge.
laughter n. 1. laugh, risibility; giggle, snicker, titter. See - laugh (def. 5).
2. laughing, giggling, snickering. See - laughing (def 3).
3. amusement, entertainment, exhilaration; joviality, gaiety, gayness, merriness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jollity, jocundity, glee, mirth, mirthfulness, good or high spirits, hilarity, Rare, heyday; elation, sunniness, rosiness, airiness, blitheness, light-heartedness.
launch, v. 1. set afloat, float; send off or forth, send, push off; move, actuate, set in motion, set going; propel, impel, push, shove, thrust; spur, prod, prick, goad, poke, urge or drive forward.
2. begin, commence, start, go ahead; embark, set sail, set to or about, turn to, Inf. take off, Inf kick off; take steps, get going, get a move on, get on the stick, start off, start out, move out, get the show on the road; start in, plunge in, Inf. dive in, Inf. get one's feet wet, Inf. get down to it, Inf. get to it.
3. initiate, instigate, start the ball rolling, take the first step, take the initiative, take the plunge, make a start, break the ice; institute, inaugurate, found, establish, set up, organize, originate, break ground, lay the foundation; introduce, broach, usher in; create, beget, engender, give birth to, give rise to, sow the seeds of.
4. hurl, cast, throw, toss, dart, shy, chuck, pitch; dash, sling, let fly, send; fling, flirt, heave, jerk, cant, shoot, fire; propel, project, jaculate, catapult.
launder, v. wash, wash up or out, scrub, soap; wash and iron, press, do up; clean, clean up, Sl. crumb up, cleanse, purify, delouse; rinse, soak, ret, bleach, blue; bathe, lave, tub; scour, polish; dry clean.
launderer, n. washer, washerman, washerwoman, washman, washwoman, laundress, wash lady, wash maid, Fr. blanchisseur, Fr. blanchisseuse, laundry man or woman; cleaning man or woman, cleaning lady, domestic; maid, servant, downstairs maid, chambermaid, valet, manservant; mother's helper, au pair girl.
laundry, n. 1. wash, washing, dirty clothes, Sl. socks and jocks, Sl. skivies; clothes for the cleaner.
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