Meanings
verblaugh like a drain (third-person singular simple present laughs like a drain, present participle laughing like a drain, simple past and past participle laughed like a drain)
present singular third person laughs like a drain · participle present laughing like a drain · participle past laughed like a drain · past laughed like a drain
- UKsimileTo laugh with a loud, coarse sound
Charles laughs like a drain and empties his champagne glass. “How about some fruit juice and muesli, pumpkin?”
2007, William Brandt, The Book of the Film of the Story of My Life
Translations
Finnish hohottaa, nauraa käheästi
- hohottaaTranslations
- nauraa käheästiTranslations
French rire comme une baleine, rire comme un bossu
- rire comme une baleineTranslations
- rire comme un bossuTranslations
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APA
laugh like a drain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20like%20a%20drain
MLA
“laugh like a drain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20like%20a%20drain. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laugh like a drain,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20like%20a%20drain.
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