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skinful of laughter

skinful of laughter

9.3
A lot of loud happy laughter that people share
  • idiom
  • UK
translation icon : un montón de risas
  • The comedian's stories filled the evening with a skinful of laughter.

Examples

  • Her jokes gave the whole group a skinful of laughter during dinner.

  • We had a skinful of laughter at the party last night.

  • After the performance, everyone left the theater with a skinful of laughter.

  • Did you hear the joke? It gave me a skinful of laughter!

  • After the performance, everyone left the theater with a skinful of laughter.

  • Her jokes gave the whole group a skinful of laughter during dinner.

  • The comedian's stories filled the evening with a skinful of laughter.

Synonyms

laughter
vsskinful of laughter
641 1.0

The sound people make when they find something funny

refers specifically to having a large quantity of joyful sound or fun
good laugh
vsskinful of laughter
  • Informal
29 1.5

A fun time when people laugh together

means a large amount of joyful sound rather than a single pleasant shared instance
mirth
vsskinful of laughter
15 6.1

Great happiness that people show by laughing

focuses on happiness expressed in many joyful sounds rather than only amount
laugh a minute
vsskinful of laughter
  • Informal
1 4.9

A very funny person or event that makes you laugh a lot

refers to having a lot of joyful sound generally, not only rapid amusement
roar of laughter
vsskinful of laughter
1 3.2

A very loud sound made by many people when they find something funny

describes widespread abundance of joyful sound rather than a single loud burst
bundle of laughs
vsskinful of laughter
  • Informal
1 3.9

A very funny person, event, or time that people enjoy

is about experiencing a large amount of joyful sound rather than simply being amusing
mirthfulness
vsskinful of laughter
7.4

A feeling of joyful laughter that spreads to others

is about having a large amount of joyful sound and enjoyment
cachinnation
vsskinful of laughter
  • Archaic
9.9

Very loud laughter that makes your body shake

refers to a lot of joyful sound more than to violent spasmodic noise
infectious laughter
vsskinful of laughter
2.8

A happy sound that makes other people laugh

means a large amount of joyful sound without implying it spreads widely
buoyant laughter
vsskinful of laughter
4.5

A happy, lively laugh that makes people feel better

describes sheer abundance of joyful sound rather than its uplifting tone

Antonyms

silence
660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

seriousness
53 2.7

A calm and honest way of speaking or acting that shows you mean what you say

How Much

skinful of laughter
  • UK
9.3
to laugh
∞ 1.0
to chuckle
237 2.0

Surface Forms

skinful of laughter singular
skinfuls of laughter plural

Morphology

skinful + of + laughter

The key constituent 'skinful' is rare/nonstandard and does not transparently mean 'a large amount' in the way measurable nouns like 'cupful' do; knowing 'laughter' alone does not let a learner infer that 'skinful of laughter' means 'an abundance of laughter'. This is a creative/idiomatic use without a predictable compositional logic or clear cross‑linguistic parallel, so a B1 learner would not reliably derive the meaning from the parts.

Etymology

Skinful of laughter may come from the old word skinful — a container made from animal skin that people filled with drink. The image is of being as full of laughs as a skin is full of drink, so the phrase means 'a lot of laughter'.