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Definition: Belly Laugh |
Belly LaughNoun1. A burst of deep loud hearty laughter. 2. A joke that seems extremely funny. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Belly LaughSynonyms: guffaw (n), howler (n), riot (n), scream (n), sidesplitter (n), thigh-slapper (n), wow (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Giggle, titter, snicker, crow, cheer, chuckle, shout; horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh; guffaw; burst of laughter, fit of laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter; cachinnation; Kentish fire; tiger. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
belly laugh | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "belly laugh"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | drohendes lachen. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 腹笑い . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふくわらい (game like "pin the tail on the donkey"). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ellybay aughlay.(various references) | |
Russian | хохот (horselaugh, roar). (various references) | |
Spanish | carcajada (burst of laughter, horselaugh, laugh, laughter, shout of laughter). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Belly Laugh" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bellylaugh. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-h-l-l-l-u-y" | |
-2 letters: gullable, gullably. | |
-3 letters: legally, lullaby. | |
-4 letters: begall, beluga, bluely, bullae, galley, gulley, hallel, hugely, leally, ullage. | |
-5 letters: agley, ahull, alley, allyl, bagel, bally, belay, belga, belly, bluey, bugle, bulge, bulgy, bulla, bully, gable, gally, ghyll, gleba, gluey, gully, label, laugh, legal, lehua. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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