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😂 To laugh hard 😂 Very funny (slang)
to lmao

to lmao

9.9
To laugh very loudly at something, often online
  • verb
  • /ˈlɛɪˌmɑːoʊ/
  • NSFW
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  • He lmao at the joke his friend sent in the group chat.

Examples

  • I just lmao at that meme!

  • That video was so funny I literally lmao while watching it.

  • When she saw the meme, she lmao and couldn't stop laughing for minutes.

  • She lmaoed when she saw the video.

  • I watched the funny video, and I couldn't help but lmao at the ending.

  • When she told that joke, everyone in the room started to lmao.

  • His memes always make me lmao whenever I scroll through my feed.

Synonyms

to crack up
vsto lmao
  • Informal
18 3.5

To laugh loudly and without control

is commonly used as casual online writing slang instead of general speech
to laugh my head off
vsto lmao
  • Informal
3 5.1

To make loud, long sounds because something is very funny

is used as brief internet writing slang for immediate online reactions
to yuk
vsto lmao
  • Informal
1 8.6

To laugh loudly in a silly, noisy way

is used in writing to show intense online laughter rather than playful silliness
to rolf
vsto lmao
  • Slang
1 9.7

To laugh very hard at something funny online

is used mainly as written internet slang rather than only online reaction
to laugh one's head off
vsto lmao
  • Informal
1 3.5

To make loud sounds you cannot stop because something is very funny

is the internet writing slang used in messages rather than spoken idiom
to giggle uncontrollably
vsto lmao
1 4.0

To laugh in a way you cannot stop because you find something very funny or feel embarrassed

is internet writing slang showing loud uncontrollable laughter rather than quiet silliness
to ROFL
vsto lmao
  • Slang
8.8

To laugh very hard, often at something funny online

is used broadly as internet writing slang beyond just texts

How Loud

to guffaw
4 6.5
to lmao
  • NSFW
9.9
to laugh
∞ 1.0
to chuckle
237 2.0

Surface Forms

lmao infinitive
lmaod past
lmaod past participle
lmaoing present participle
lmaos third person singular

Morphology

lmao = laugh + my + ass (opaque) = l + m + a + o

The form is an initialism (letters) of an informal phrase; learners cannot derive the meaning from the letters alone. [Postprocessing: moved 'off' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Lmao is used as a verb and comes from the internet short form laughing my ass off, a strong way to say 'laughing very hard'. So to lmao is to laugh loudly or without control, often when something online is very funny.