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Definition: Laugh Off |
Laugh OffVerb1. Deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Laugh OffSynonym: laugh away (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Laugh Off |
| Specialty definitions using "laugh off": Sortes Virgilianae. (references) |
Expression using "laugh off": laugh off an embarrassing situation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "laugh off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | e bëj të lërë, dëboj (banish, cast out, deport, evict, excommunicate, exile, expel, hoot, proscribe, rase, raze, rout, send off, send packing, throw out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ضحك (chortle, comicality, giggle, laugh, laughter, move, raise, rib, scream, set off, tickle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přejít s humorem, odbýt smíchem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | se tirer d'une situation embarrassante (laugh off an embarrassing situation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | lachen über (to laugh at), mit einem lachen abtun. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לבטל בצחוק. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tréfának vesz valamit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aughlay offay rir-se de (fleer, jeer, Joss), ridicularizar (a regular guy, banter, belabor, belabour, bosh, burlesque, deride, lambency, lampooner, make an ass of, mock, quiz, ridicule, scout), desprezar (contemn, despise, disdainful, disesteem, flout, forget, look down on, look down upon, misprise, misprize, scorn, sneeze, undervalue). (various references) отшутиться, отделаться смехом. (various references) ismejati. (various references) tomar a risa. (various references) slå bort med ett skratt. (various references) gülerek geçiştirmek (laugh away), gülüp geçmek (laugh away), şakaya vurmak. (various references) відбутися сміхом. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-f-g-h-l-o-u" | |
-3 letters: afoul, faugh, fugal, ghoul, laugh, lough, luffa, offal. | |
-4 letters: flag, flog, foal, foul, gaff, gaol, goal, golf, guff, gulf, half, halo, haul, huff, hula, loaf, luff. | |
-5 letters: aff, ago, fag, flu, fog, foh, fou, fug, gal, goa, gul, hag, hao, hog, hug, lag, log, lug, oaf, off, ugh. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 75 67 68 4F 66 66 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01110101 01100111 01101000 00100000 01001111 01100110 01100110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a u g h   O f f |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0075 0067 0068 004F 0066 0066 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46678773742497272 |
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