CACHINNATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cachinnate mean? 

• CACHINNATE (verb)
  The verb CACHINNATE has 1 sense:

1. laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way

  Familiarity information: CACHINNATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CACHINNATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "cachinnate" is one way to...):

express joy; express mirth; laugh (produce laughter)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

cachinnation (loud convulsive laughter)