Meanings
verbburst out laughing (third-person singular simple present bursts out laughing, present participle bursting out laughing, simple past and past participle burst out laughing)
present singular third person bursts out laughing · participle present bursting out laughing
- idiomaticintransitiveTo start laughing suddenly and intensely.
Translations
Dutch in lachen uitbarsten
- in lachen uitbarstensuddenly start laughing intensely
Finnish purskahtaa nauruun
- purskahtaa nauruunsuddenly start laughing intensely
French éclater de rire
- éclater de riresuddenly start laughing intensely
Greek ξεσπάω σε γέλια
- ξεσπάω σε γέλια (xespáo se gélia)suddenly start laughing intensely
Hungarian nevetésben tör ki
- nevetésben tör kisuddenly start laughing intensely
Icelandic skellihlæja
- skellihlæjasuddenly start laughing intensely
Polish pękać ze śmiechu
- pękać ze śmiechusuddenly start laughing intensely
Portuguese explodir em risadas
- explodir em risadassuddenly start laughing intensely
Russian разрази́ться сме́хом, расхохота́ться
- разрази́ться сме́хом (razrazítʹsja sméxom)suddenly start laughing intensely
- расхохота́ться (rasxoxotátʹsja)suddenly start laughing intensely
Spanish reírse a carcajadas, desternillarse
- reírse a carcajadassuddenly start laughing intensely
- desternillarsesuddenly start laughing intensely
- mondarsesuddenly start laughing intensely
- troncharsesuddenly start laughing intensely
- troncharse de risasuddenly start laughing intensely
- partirsesuddenly start laughing intensely
- partirse de risasuddenly start laughing intensely
- mearse de risasuddenly start laughing intensely
- mondarse de risasuddenly start laughing intensely
- morirse de risasuddenly start laughing intensely
- finarse de risasuddenly start laughing intensely
- caerse de risasuddenly start laughing intensely
Swedish brista ut i skratt
- brista ut i skrattsuddenly start laughing intensely
Turkish kahkahaya boğulmak, kahkahayı basmak
- kahkahaya boğulmaksuddenly start laughing intensely
- kahkahayı basmaksuddenly start laughing intensely
- kahkahayı patlatmaksuddenly start laughing intensely
Vietnamese phì cười
- phì cườisuddenly start laughing intensely
Cite this entry
APA
burst out laughing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burst%20out%20laughing
MLA
“burst out laughing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burst%20out%20laughing. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burst out laughing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burst%20out%20laughing.
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