cachinnation

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Every episode of Friends is accompanied by the cachinnation of the dead.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2012

A vast deal of cachinnation ensues at his various predicaments in escaping these women, Hell-bent for matrimony.

From Time Magazine Archive

Something approaching a cachinnation of delight closed the professor’s contribution to the pandemonium, and eyewitnesses afterwards declared that for a moment the dignified scientist stood on one foot in the opening movement of a can-can.

From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest

Snarls, and yaps, and yelps, and squawks, and guffaws, and sometimes the cachinnation and crow of cocks, broke upon the clear air.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir

He began to laugh again, an imbecile ironic cachinnation.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry