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laughing tackle

laughing tackle

9.9
A person's special laugh that makes other people smile
  • noun
  • /ˈlɑːfɪŋ ˈtækəl/
  • UK
translation icon : risa contagiosa
  • You can't help but smile when you hear his laughing tackle.

Examples

  • Her laughing tackle always brightens up the mood at work.

  • The comedian's laughing tackle was almost as funny as his jokes.

  • Her laughing tackle always brightens my day.

  • I love his laughing tackle during our meetings.

  • Her laughing tackle always brightens up the mood at work.

  • You can't help but smile when you hear his laughing tackle.

  • I love his laughing tackle during our meetings.

Synonyms

laughter
vslaughing tackle
641 1.0

The sound people make when they find something funny

is a distinctive, often infectious personal style of expressing humour enjoyed by others

How Amusing

guffaw
7 6.1
laughing tackle
  • UK
9.9
to laugh
∞ 1.0
to chuckle
237 2.0
giggle
125 1.1
titter
3 7.2

Surface Forms

laughing tackle singular
laughing tackles plural

Morphology

laughing + tackle

The element 'laughing' is transparent, but 'tackle' is polysemous (equipment, to deal with, approach) and the noun phrase is informal and dialectal. A B1 learner who knows 'tackle' only as equipment would be puzzled, while one who recognizes the 'approach/way of dealing' sense might infer 'a way of laughing'—so the meaning is partially but not fully predictable without exposure.

Etymology

Laughing tackle may come from old British slang where tackle means a person's gear or tools, so you can imagine a person's laugh as their special 'tool' for making others smile. That's why laughing tackle means someone's distinctive or infectious way of laughing.