outlaugh

verb

transitive verb

1

archaic : to make fun of : ridicule

his apprehensions of being outlaughed

—Benjamin Franklin

2

[out- + laugh] : to outdo in laughing

though usually solemn, he outlaughed all the others at the play

intransitive verb

: to laugh out loud

in deep derision outlaughs the foeman

—Alice Furlong

Word History

Etymology

Middle English outlaughen, from out + laughen to laugh

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