belaugh

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verb

To laugh about; laugh over; laugh at.

OriginMiddle English belahhen ← Old English behlehhan →
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Meanings

verbbelaugh (third-person singular simple present belaughs, present participle belaughing, simple past and past participle belaughed)

present singular third person belaughs · participle present belaughing · participle past belaughed · past belaughed

  1. transitiveTo laugh about; laugh over; laugh at.
    1 more example

    One step out of, one step into, our homes, our hearts, and accepted truth falls before the laughter and questing of positively revolting women belaughing our way through the wilderness of women's wildness, through the curiosity of Sarasvati, into the answers we need, the answers we know, the daughter-right of our births.

    2000, Laughing Womyn Ashonosheni, Whispers of Our Knowings

Origin

  1. Old Englishbehlehhan
  2. Middle Englishbelahhen
  3. Englishbelaugh

From Middle English belahhen, beliȝen, from Old English behlehhan, behliehhan (“to deride, exult over”), equivalent to be- + laugh. Cognate with German belachen (“to laugh at”).

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APA

belaugh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belaugh

MLA

“belaugh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belaugh. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “belaugh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belaugh.

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