Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

last laugh

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: last laugh
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

ultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying ‘he laughs best who laughs last’)

Example Sentences

"we had the last laugh after the votes were counted"

Questions

What does last laugh mean?: ultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying ‘he laughs best who laughs last’)

How to pronounce last laugh

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