horselaugh

horselaugh
{n. phr.} A loud, sarcastic, and derisive laugh. * /When the speaker praised politics as one of the oldest and noblest professions, his audience of college students gave him a horselaugh./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • Horselaugh — Horse laugh , n. A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • horselaugh — [hôrs′laf΄] n. a loud, boisterous, usually derisive laugh; guffaw …   English World dictionary

  • horselaugh — {n. phr.} A loud, sarcastic, and derisive laugh. * /When the speaker praised politics as one of the oldest and noblest professions, his audience of college students gave him a horselaugh./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • horselaugh — horselaughter, n. /hawrs laf , lahf /, n. 1. a loud, coarse laugh, esp. of derision. v.i. 2. to utter a horselaugh. [1705 15; HORSE + LAUGH] * * * …   Universalium

  • horselaugh — n. phr. A loud, sarcastic, and derisive laugh. When the speaker praised politics as one of the oldest and noblest professions, his audience of college students gave him a horselaugh …   Словарь американских идиом

  • horselaugh — noun Date: 1713 a loud boisterous laugh …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • horselaugh — noun A loud, distinct, sound of laughter by a human, resembling the sound of a horse …   Wiktionary

  • horselaugh — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, belly laugh, boff, boffola, burst of laughter, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, convulsion, crow, fit of laughter, gales of laughter, giggle, guffaw, ha ha, hearty laugh, hee haw, hee hee,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • horselaugh — n. loud laugh which resembles a sound made by a horse, guffaw …   English contemporary dictionary

  • horselaugh — horse•laugh [[t]ˈhɔrsˌlæf, ˌlɑf[/t]] n. a loud, coarse laugh …   From formal English to slang

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