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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

roll in the aisles en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, of an audience) To laugh uproariously.
    • Theatregoers may not roll in the aisles when lanky Ray Bolger impersonates a window dresser retiring for the night. . . . But plenty of people will be amused by Cartoonist Robert Wildhack. 1934 September 10, “Theatre: New Play in Manhattan”, in Time:
    • A comedy that this site has been championing since we first got a whiff of it earlier in the year, the film is every bit as politically incorrect as we'd been led to believe, and has many members of the raucous Scottish audience rolling in the aisles. 2005 August 23, “Film: Edinburgh - Day Three”, in Time Out New York, retrieved 21 Jan 2010:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rolls in the aisles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rolled in the aisles Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rolled in the aisles Tense=Past lexicographic
rolling in the aisles Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
roll in the aisle alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

die laughing · laugh one's head off · ROFL · split one's sides