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1 burst one's sides laughing
(burst (или split) one's sides (with) laughing (или with laughter; тж. laugh till one's sides split или laugh to split one's sides))≈ покатываться, помирать со смеху, смеяться до слёз, до колик, надорвать животики, хохотать до изнеможения ( отсюда side-splitting уморительный)...Mr. Jonas was infinitely amused: protesting that he had seldom seen him better company in all his life and that he was enough to make a man split his sides with laughing. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. XI) —...мистер Джонас ужасно развеселился и объявил, что старик сегодня решительно в ударе, просто лопнуть можно со смеху.
...the four of them sat up and laughed to split their sides and slapped one another on the back, and mentioned the satisfactory things they had seen. (U. Sinclair, ‘100%’, ch. 58) —...все четверо сидели и хохотали до упаду, похлопывали друг друга по спине и делились впечатлениями: чего-чего только они не насмотрелись!
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laugh — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. guffaw, snicker, giggle, titter, chuckle. See rejoicing. laugh at II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. chuckle, giggle, titter, snicker, snigger, guffaw, chortle, cackle, fit of laughter, peal of laughter,… … English dictionary for students
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laugh — v 1. giggle, snicker, snigger, titter, tee hee, ha ha, haw haw, Sl. yuk yuk; Inf. break up, Inf. crack up, burst out laughing; shake with laughter, be convulsed, split one s sides, Inf. roll on the floor, Inf. be in stitches, Inf. double up or… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
laugh — 1. verb 1) Norma started to laugh excitedly Syn: chuckle, chortle, guffaw, cackle, giggle, titter, twitter, snigger, snicker, yuk, tee hee, burst out laughing, roar/hoot/howl with laughter, crack up, dissolve into laughter, split one s sides … Thesaurus of popular words
laugh — [v] expressing amusement, happiness with sound be in stitches*, break up*, burst*, cachinnate, chortle, chuckle, convulsed*, crack up*, crow, die laughing*, fracture*, giggle, grin, guffaw, howl, roar, roll in the aisles*, scream, shriek, snicker … New thesaurus
