Home

English to Binisaya - Cebuano Dictionary and Thesaurus.

Dictionary Binisaya to EnglishEnglish to BinisayaSense
Word:

 

Word - rootword - affixes
tigpakatawa - katawa - tigpa-~
tig.pa.ka.ta.wa. - 5 syllables

tigpa- = tigpakatawa
tigpakatawa

tigpakatawa : humorist (n.)
katawa [ka.tá.wa.] : laughter (n.); laugh (v.)

Derivatives of katawa


Glosses:
humorist
n. (person)1. humorist, humouristsomeone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way.
~ entertainera person who tries to please or amuse.
~ lampooner, parodistmimics literary or musical style for comic effect.
~ punstersomeone overly fond of making puns.
~ ironist, ridiculer, satirista humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm.
~ wag, wit, carda witty amusing person who makes jokes.
~ benchley, robert benchley, robert charles benchleyUnited States humorist (1889-1945).
~ clemens, mark twain, samuel langhorne clemensUnited States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910).
~ lardner, ring lardner, ringgold wilmer lardnerUnited States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933).
~ leacock, stephen butler leacock, stephen leacockCanadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944).
~ edward lear, learBritish artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
~ don marquis, donald robert perry marquis, marquishumorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937).
~ rogers, will rogers, william penn adair rogersUnited States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935).
~ henry wheeler shaw, josh billings, shawUnited States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
~ james grover thurber, james thurber, thurberUnited States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961).
laugh
n. (communication)1. laugh, laughterthe sound of laughing.
~ utterance, vocalizationthe use of uttered sounds for auditory communication.
~ cachinnationloud convulsive laughter.
~ cacklea loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle.
~ chortle, chucklea soft partly suppressed laugh.
~ gigglea foolish or nervous laugh.
~ belly laugh, guffawa burst of deep loud hearty laughter.
~ ha-ha, haw-haw, hee-haw, horselaugha loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing.
~ snicker, snigger, snorta disrespectful laugh.
~ tittera nervous restrained laugh.
n. (communication)2. laugha facial expression characteristic of a person laughing.; "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"
~ facial expression, facial gesturea gesture executed with the facial muscles.
n. (communication)3. gag, jape, jest, joke, laugha humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humoura message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
~ gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh linethe point of a joke or humorous story.
~ howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, screama joke that seems extremely funny.
~ blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty storyan indelicate joke.
~ ethnic jokea joke at the expense of some ethnic group.
~ funny, funny remark, funny story, good storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line).; "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"
~ in-jokea joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people.
~ one-linera one-line joke.
~ shaggy dog storya long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness.
~ sick jokea joke in bad taste.
~ sight gag, visual jokea joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie).
v. (body)4. express joy, express mirth, laughproduce laughter.
~ braylaugh loudly and harshly.
~ bellylaughlaugh a deep, hearty laugh.
~ howl, roarlaugh unrestrainedly and heartily.
~ snicker, sniggerlaugh quietly.
~ giggle, titterlaugh nervously.; "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom"
~ crack up, break uplaugh unrestrainedly.
~ cackleemit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing.
~ guffaw, laugh loudlylaugh boisterously.
~ chortle, chuckle, laugh softlylaugh quietly or with restraint.
~ convulsebe overcome with laughter.
~ cachinnatelaugh loudly and in an unrestrained way.
~ express emotion, express feelingsgive verbal or other expression to one's feelings.