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outlaugh en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + laugh. Compare Saterland Frisian uutlachje, West Frisian útlaitsje, Dutch uitlachen (“to ridicule”), German Low German utlachen, German auslachen (“to laugh at”), Danish udle.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.
   • His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. - Franklin
2. (transitive) To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.
   • At his father's quick guffaw he jumped back, trying to outlaugh him. "Mamma, did you hear what I said, Mamma?" Boardman felt his side. "My boy, that's a good one." 1995, Myra Page, Moscow Yankee:

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