laugh

Naija

Etymology

From: English laugh

Pronunciation

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Noun

• Sound wey person dey make when im happy well well.

• My laugh dey loud no be small.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2020, My laughter is incredibly loud.)
• Ejiro laugh no pure at all.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2020, Ejiro's laughter wasn't genuine.)

Synonym

• shine teeth

Antonym

• vex

Translation

• English: laughter

Verb

• Make person dey shine teeth.

Intransitive

• Any small ting you go dey laugh like mumu.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2020, You laugh at any little thing like a fool.)
• He no dey laugh if I dey crack joke.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2020, He doesn't laugh at my jokes.)

Transitive

• Im dey laugh the boy wey fall inside potopoto.  — ( NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2020, He is laughing at the boy who fell into the mud.)

Synonym

• shine teeth

Antonym

• cry

Translation

• English: laugh