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    EXPRESS JOY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Produce laughterplay

    Synonyms:

    express joy; express mirth; laugh

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

    Hypernyms (to "express joy" is one way to...):

    express emotion; express feelings (give verbal or other expression to one's feelings)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "express joy"):

    bray (laugh loudly and harshly)

    bellylaugh (laugh a deep, hearty laugh)

    howl; roar (laugh unrestrainedly and heartily)

    snicker; snigger (laugh quietly)

    giggle; titter (laugh nervously)

    break up; crack up (laugh unrestrainedly)

    cackle (emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing)

    guffaw; laugh loudly (laugh boisterously)

    chortle; chuckle; laugh softly (laugh quietly or with restraint)

    convulse (be overcome with laughter)

    cachinnate (laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way)

    Sentence frames:

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