nonlaughing
adjEtymology From non- + laughing.
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Not laughing.
- We dined on squab, which I suspected of having started out in life as nonlaughing sea gull, listened to the current palaver in the bar and said good night.1947, Robert Joseph Casey, More interesting people:
- He laughed all the way to the bus (with nonlaughing breaks to catch his breath). He waved and shouted. He made it easily.1967, June Arnold, Applesauce:
1 more example
- If one person does not laugh at your jokes and all the other members of the audience do, these responses are fed back to the nonlaughing receiver.1971, Kim Giffin, Bobby R Patton, Basic readings in interpersonal communication: theory and application:
- Synonyms
- unlaughing