laugh about someone or something

laugh about someone or something
laugh about someone or something
to chuckle or giggle loudly about someone or something. •

Please don't laugh about Sue. It's not funny.

They were laughing about my haircut.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • laugh — 1 verb 1 MAKE SOUND (I) to make the sounds and movements of the face that people make when they think something is funny: Jonathan kept pulling funny faces at me, and I couldn t stop laughing. (+ at/about): I couldn t understand why they were all …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • laugh*/*/*/ — [lɑːf] verb I 1) to make the noise with your voice that shows that you think that something is funny We talked and laughed late into the night.[/ex] The audience didn t laugh at his jokes.[/ex] They were still laughing about the experience years… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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  • laugh someone out of court — laugh (something/someone) out of court to refuse to think seriously about an idea, belief or a possibility. At the meeting, her proposal was laughed out of court. (usually passive) Anyone who had made such a ludicrous suggestion would have been… …   New idioms dictionary

  • laugh something out of court — laugh (something/someone) out of court to refuse to think seriously about an idea, belief or a possibility. At the meeting, her proposal was laughed out of court. (usually passive) Anyone who had made such a ludicrous suggestion would have been… …   New idioms dictionary

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