Phrase guide

laugh one's head off

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To laugh uproariously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ROFL, roll in the aisles, split one's sides, laugh one's ass off

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: grine sig ihjel — laugh uproariously
  • Dutch: zich bescheuren — laugh uproariously
  • Dutch: kapot lachen — laugh uproariously
  • Finnish: nauraa katketakseen — laugh uproariously
  • French: avoir un fou rire — laugh uproariously
  • German: sich vor Lachen kringeln — laugh uproariously
  • German: totlachen — laugh uproariously
  • Hungarian: halálra neveti magát — laugh uproariously
  • Hungarian: majd megpukkad/megszakad nevettében / a nevetéstől — laugh uproariously
  • Italian: sbellicarsi dalle risa — laugh uproariously
  • Italian: sganasciarsi dalle risate — laugh uproariously
  • Japanese: 大笑いする (ōwarai suru) — laugh uproariously
  • Northern Kurdish: ji kenan mirin — laugh uproariously
  • Polish: umierać ze śmiechu — laugh uproariously
  • Polish: sikać ze śmiechu — laugh uproariously
  • Portuguese: morrer de rir — laugh uproariously
  • Portuguese: morrer a rir — laugh uproariously
  • Romanian: muri de râs — laugh uproariously
  • Russian: хохота́ть до слёз (xoxotátʹ do sljoz) — laugh uproariously
  • Russian: смея́ться до упа́ду (smejátʹsja do upádu) — laugh uproariously
  • Spanish: desternillarse de risa — laugh uproariously
  • Spanish: morirse de risa — laugh uproariously
  • Spanish: partirse de risa — laugh uproariously
  • Spanish: mearse de risa — laugh uproariously
  • Spanish: partirse — laugh uproariously
  • Spanish: troncharse — laugh uproariously
  • Spanish: mondarse — laugh uproariously
  • Spanish: carcajearse — laugh uproariously
  • Spanish: reírse a mandíbula batiente — laugh uproariously
  • Swedish: skratta ihjäl sig — laugh uproariously
  • Turkish: gülmekten bayılmak — laugh uproariously