Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laugh out of court

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables: laugh- out of -court
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To dismiss as silly something presented with genuine conviction or treated seriously.

Example Sentences

"The claim that his dog wrote the poems was laughed out of court by publishers."

Inflected Forms

laughs out of court (present, singular) laughing out of court (participle, present) laughed out of court (participle, past) laughed out of court (past)

Questions

What does laugh out of court mean?: To dismiss as silly something presented with genuine conviction or treated seriously.

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