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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.
  • archaic A reason for merriment
  • rfv-sense slang A decidedly one-sided sports contest, especially where the winning team is able to score at will.
  • The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.

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