outlaugh

outlaugh
a) To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.

His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. - Franklin

b) To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.

At his fathers quick guffaw he jumped back, trying to outlaugh him. "Mamma, did you hear what I said, Mamma?" Boardman felt his side. "My boy, thats a good one."


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