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laugh at

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laugh at someone or something
to chuckle or giggle loudly at someone or something, perhaps in ridicule. Thank goodness, the audience laughed at all my jokes. Don't laugh at me! I'm doing my best! Everyone laughed at the love scene because it was so badly done.
See also: laugh

laugh at somebody
to ridicule someone A lot of kids laughed at me because of the way I dressed, but it never bothered me.
See also: laugh

laugh at something

to show you think something is ridiculous Cynthia laughs at the suggestion she's doing this job for the money.
See also: laugh


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And when we were left together, did I laugh at the great things that were in her mind, or had she to whisper them to me first, and then did I put my arm round her and tell her that I would help?
They could describe an entertainment with accuracy, relate an anecdote with humour, and laugh at their acquaintance with spirit.
I was amazed at the folly, as I thought it, of my man, and could not for my life see anything to laugh at, till seeing the bear get up the tree, we all rode near to him.
 
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