horse laugh

An unpleasant-sounding or derisive laugh. That horse laugh you gave in response to Joe's suggestion didn't endear you to anyone, you know.

horse laugh

n. a mocking and sarcastic laugh. He came out with a horse laugh that caused some eyebrows to raise.

See also: horse, laugh

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

get on (one's) horse
get on horse
get on one’s horse
road apple
back the wrong horse
rush (one's) fences
rush your fences
each way
Run for the Roses
(one had) better get on (one's) horse

References in periodicals archive

Aunt Wallace's horse laugh drifted up from the dining room.

The Humpbacked Camel and the Chimpanzee

Novel perspectives likewise inform the dispassionate scrutiny of primate hierarchies exhibited on "Monkey Island," as well as the folk wisdom of "Can a Horse Laugh?" The respective narrators' self-conscious fascination in "Awakening," "Sarcophagus Cover," and "Slovenian Village Funeral," inspiring introspection before ineffable mysteries, owes much to the curiosity of an author given to intense philosophical speculation.

Robert Musil. Posthumous Papers of a Living Author

But the world financial community could be forgiven if it reacted with a horse laugh to any Pentagon talk of a quick, clean strike to reopen the Straits.

The global implications of a dollar collapse: the dean of London's journalistic/financial strategy community sets the table

Greenie's horse laugh could have been heard in Soho Square, where referees are allowed to believe they're doing a marvellous job despite vile criticism from the media.

Len Capeling's column: A return to basics does trick for Reds

I AM afraid the only possible response to the front-page story on prize-money 'British racing on the slide' (October 8) is a horse laugh.

Letters To The Editor

I wants to drown dem white horses plungin' in mah baby's blood.' "He retorts acidly, "Can one reader be forgiven, if during such passages, there runs into his mind something unmistakably like a wild horse laugh?" (87).

Sterling A. Brown's "Literary Chronicles."

词组	horse laugh
释义	horse laugh horse laugh An unpleasant-sounding or derisive laugh. That horse laugh you gave in response to Joe's suggestion didn't endear you to anyone, you know. See also: horse, laugh Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. horse laugh n. a mocking and sarcastic laugh. He came out with a horse laugh that caused some eyebrows to raise. See also: horse, laugh McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: get on (one's) horse get on horse get on one’s horse road apple back the wrong horse rush (one's) fences rush your fences each way Run for the Roses (one had) better get on (one's) horse References in periodicals archive Aunt Wallace's horse laugh drifted up from the dining room. The Humpbacked Camel and the Chimpanzee Novel perspectives likewise inform the dispassionate scrutiny of primate hierarchies exhibited on "Monkey Island," as well as the folk wisdom of "Can a Horse Laugh?" The respective narrators' self-conscious fascination in "Awakening," "Sarcophagus Cover," and "Slovenian Village Funeral," inspiring introspection before ineffable mysteries, owes much to the curiosity of an author given to intense philosophical speculation. Robert Musil. Posthumous Papers of a Living Author But the world financial community could be forgiven if it reacted with a horse laugh to any Pentagon talk of a quick, clean strike to reopen the Straits. The global implications of a dollar collapse: the dean of London's journalistic/financial strategy community sets the table Greenie's horse laugh could have been heard in Soho Square, where referees are allowed to believe they're doing a marvellous job despite vile criticism from the media. Len Capeling's column: A return to basics does trick for Reds I AM afraid the only possible response to the front-page story on prize-money 'British racing on the slide' (October 8) is a horse laugh. Letters To The Editor I wants to drown dem white horses plungin' in mah baby's blood.' "He retorts acidly, "Can one reader be forgiven, if during such passages, there runs into his mind something unmistakably like a wild horse laugh?" (87). Sterling A. Brown's "Literary Chronicles."
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