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I don't have to come up with a ha-ha belly laugh every day, but drawings with warmth and love or ones that put a lump in the throat. That's more important to me than a laugh.
Bil Keane

Meaning of "belly laugh" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BELLY LAUGH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BELLY LAUGH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Belly laugh is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BELLY LAUGH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of belly laugh in the English dictionary

The definition of belly laugh in the dictionary is a loud deep hearty laugh.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELLY LAUGH

bells of Ireland
bellwether
bellwort
belly
belly dance
belly dancer
belly flop
belly flopped
belly flopping
belly landing
belly of pork
belly tank
belly-like
belly-up
bellyache
bellyacher
bellyaching
bellyband
bellybutton
bellyful

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELLY LAUGH

Bradlaugh
don´t make me laugh
faugh
haugh
horse laugh
kiaugh
laugh
outlaugh
overslaugh
saugh
scraugh
shaugh
the last laugh
Tombaugh
usquebaugh
Waugh

Synonyms and antonyms of belly laugh in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «belly laugh» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELLY LAUGH

Find out the translation of belly laugh to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of belly laugh from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «belly laugh» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

捧腹大笑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carcajada
570 millions of speakers

English

belly laugh
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेट हंसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضحك البطن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

живот смех
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gargalhada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেটে হাসি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rire du ventre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perut ketawa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dröhnendes Lachen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大笑い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배꼽 웃음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Weteng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cười bụng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொப்பை சிரிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेली हसणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Göbek gülmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

belly laugh
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śmiech brzuch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

живіт сміх
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

burtă de râs
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γέλιο κοιλιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maag lag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gapskratt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

magen latter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of belly laugh

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELLY LAUGH»

The term «belly laugh» is regularly used and occupies the 71.232 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BELLY LAUGH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about belly laugh

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3 QUOTES WITH «BELLY LAUGH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word belly laugh.
1
Bil Keane
I don't have to come up with a ha-ha belly laugh every day, but drawings with warmth and love or ones that put a lump in the throat. That's more important to me than a laugh.
2
Jonathan Shapiro
Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.
3
Terence Young
Transforming a line like that makes it into a belly laugh instead of a laugh against us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELLY LAUGH»

Discover the use of belly laugh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to belly laugh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sharing a Laugh: Heartwarming and Sidesplitting Stories from ...
Sharing a Laugh will entertain and delight you with humor from: Patsy Clairmont, Barbara Johnson, Nicole Johnson, Marilyn Meberg, Luci Swindoll, Sheila Walsh, Thelma Wells, and others.
Women of Faith, 2007
2
A Story Book for Beginning Readers
I'll teach you to be a belly laugh. My late husband was a belly laugh and what a jolly laugh he was.” So Little Laugh got lessons from Old Giggle. Little Laugh slowly learned to laugh deeper from the belly. His laugh grew bigger and louder.
Connie Silver, 2007
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American Sign Language: A Student Text
#TV NAME. R-A-I-N-B-O-W-'S E-N-D, nodding SEEM #ALL-arc PEOPLE DEAF, SEEM+, (gaze down.cntr ) SIGN CONVERSE-IN-ASL. ME me-LOOK-ATVt BELLY -LAUGH'owr & over again' GOOD INDEX-/f WOW • FINISHwg This is a variant of ...
Charlotte Baker-Shenk, 1991
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Folklore from Contemporary Jamaicans
Big Belly laugh, she laugh, she laugh until her belly bus'. Fine Foot now running to tell Mama; grass straw cut off her foot. Collected in Kingston on October 30, 1978. 108C Big Head, Big Belly, and Little Foot Once upon 108 Folklore from ...
Daryl Cumber Dance, 1985
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The Woman's Belly Book: Finding Your True Center for More ...
L labyrinth, 52, 56–60,57 Lamott, Anne, 11 The Language of the Goddess ( Gimbutas), 43 laughter belly laugh, 87, 162–63 healing power of, 87, 163 Let Yourself Laugh (exercise), 163 Lawlor, Robert, 115 laxatives, 74 Letter from the Future ...
Lisa Sarasohn, 2010
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Yoga : The Supreme Science
And then you will see that you are laughing for the first time—a belly laugh, like Swami Sardar Gurdayal Singh, a belly laugh. Learn from him. He is our Zorba the Greek in this ashram. Learn from him how to laugh. Unless your belly goes into ...
Osho, 2009
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The Killing of a Bank Manager
Belly laugh roared as the hopeless struggled to hold on. Up they went in slow motion until they were lost in the azure, ether, blackness. The belly laugh became a cacophony of belly laughs, drunken belly laughs, the kind of feral laugh that ...
Paul Kavanagh, 2011
8
Writing the Image: An Adventure with Art and Theory
For me, it is a difference taken out of opposition which truly produces a belly laugh. How can I not laugh when I discover that 'unity' and 'difference' have ceased to be placed in opposition to each other? How can I not laugh when I discover the ...
Yve Lomax, 2000
9
When We Laugh
... bouts of mirthful laughter achieves a purifying catharsis without the risk of triggering a severe reaction. A great shared belly laugh bypasses the need to tinker with our defense mechanisms or dredge up wounding memories in order to bond.
Sheldon Wayne Moss, 2009
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THE SECRET POWERS OF COLORFUL FOODS
Increase Energy Flow With A Good Belly Laugh In addition to stimulating the orange energy responsible for sexuallity, digestive systems are stimulated. It's a great aerobic workout too. Dr. William Fry from Stanford University measured that 20 ...
Patricia Dennis, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELLY LAUGH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term belly laugh is used in the context of the following news items.
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Amanda Lamb: Vacation all I ever wanted
In order to get to what I call "vacation moments" - a belly laugh, treating your child to ice cream from the same place you got ice cream as a child ... «WRAL.com, Jul 15»
2
This Singing Zebra is EVERYTHING
All of these are wow-worthy, but nothing impresses us more than an animal with the ability to give us a hearty belly laugh. And that's exactly ... «Womans Day, Jul 15»
3
Amy Schumer Mom Enjoys her Racy Jokes
On the contrary, mommy dearest has a good belly laugh or two whenever she hears one of Amy's jokes. In an exclusive interview with CBS host ... «I4U News, Jul 15»
4
Belly laughs set to entertain 4000 as comedy season begins in West …
... a tiny West Cork village over the summer — in search of a belly-laugh. ... it's a real belly-laugh and all you have to do is sit back and let it roll ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
5
The Kindness of Strangers
... and handed them to each other, evoking a belly laugh from the crowd that had gathered on that grand staircase under the dome of City Hall. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Your Attempts at Paella Would Probably Flunk This Valencian …
He responds with a hearty belly laugh and shakes his head. “You have not tried paella. They do not cook paella in Mallorca or Barcelona. «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Jul 15»
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11 Workshops to be Offered at the Sarasota Improv Festival
There's nothing quite like the thrill that a good 'belly laugh' will give you. It's great natural medicine. This year I'll be focusing on the musical ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
8
Doo Dah Parade creates its own kind of over-the-top fireworks
Though the topics have sparked many heated arguments (and Facebook posts), it's best to trade in your angry growl for a belly laugh. “People ... «Columbus Alive, Jul 15»
9
Why reporters won't find anything damning in Hillary Clinton's emails
You can almost imagine Clinton having a good belly laugh at the scores of reporters who are now poring through the documents she handed ... «Vox, Jul 15»
10
Losing a triathlon, finding a story
Jennifer Garrison Brownell talks with a smile and a belly laugh, and her writing voice is no different. In her new memoir, "Swim, Ride, Run, ... «Portland Tribune, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Belly laugh [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/belly-laugh>. May 2024 ».
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