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Webster 1913 Edition
Outlaugh
Out-laugh′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To surpass or outdo in laughing.
Dryden.
2.
To laugh (one) out of a purpose, principle, etc.; to discourage or discomfit by laughing; to laugh down.
[R.]
His apprehensions of being
outlaughed
will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. Franklin.
Definition 2024
outlaugh
outlaugh
English
Verb
outlaugh (third-person singular simple present outlaughs, present participle outlaughing, simple past and past participle outlaughed)
- (transitive) To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.
- His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. - Franklin
- (transitive) To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.
- 1995, Myra Page, Moscow Yankee
- At his father's quick guffaw he jumped back, trying to outlaugh him. "Mamma, did you hear what I said, Mamma?" Boardman felt his side. "My boy, that's a good one."
- 1995, Myra Page, Moscow Yankee