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• v  produce laughter
• s  showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
  laughing children

• Scientists are finding a new man-made threat to the ozone layer: nitrous oxide (N2O), otherwise known as laughing gas.
• After police eventually steamed in and made arrests, the bloody victims lay sobbing on the concrete waiting for ambulances while the mob ran through the nearby streets laughing .
• laughing matters with sound bites, text and stunning photos, comedians packs a punch line in its treatment of the american stand-up scene.

• laugh
• express joy
• express mirth
• riant

• cry

News & Articles

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• Laughing Babies Compilation Will Make Everything Better (VIDEO)
  If the endless stream of YouTube videos are anything to go by (see related links below), laughing babies are a popular and effective method of stress relief.
  June 21, 2013 - The Huffington Post
• Laughing Gas Sedation Not Linked To Heart Attacks: Study
  Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, is a widely used inhalation anesthetic agent in the United States. In recent years, questions have been raised concerning its safety - with some studies suggesting that the nitrous oxide anesthesia may raise the risk of a heart attack during and after surgery. But a new study suggests that the nitrous oxide sedation fears may be unfounded.
  June 20, 2013 - RTT News
• Laughing Gas Does Not Increase Heart Attacks
  Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) is one of the world's oldest and most widely used anesthetics, but concerns that it raises the risk of a heart attack during surgery or soon afterward are unfounded, according to a new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
  June 19, 2013 - Newswise

Quotes

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• Kwame Kilpatrick in Guardian Unlimited
  On Oct. 16, 2002, Kilpatrick wrote Beatty: "I've been dreaming all day about having you all to myself for 3 days. Relaxing, laughing, talking, sleeping and making love."
• Dianne Feinstein in 570 News
  They called me when it was over,Feinstein said. "I came down and said, 'Good night everybody, I hope you had a good meeting.' They were laughing, and that was it."
• Louis Le Prince in The Associated Press
  I'm sickened, disgusted,said Alain Le Prince, dressed in a team jersey, his cheeks painted with the colors of the French flag — and among those who said he cheered for South Africa. "Everyone is laughing at us."