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skratte

verbverb

EtymologyOpphav

lydord onomatopoeic

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. le høyt og støyende;
    gaple, skogre
    to laugh loudly and noisily;
    to guffaw, to roar with laughter
    • de skrattet og lo they guffawed and laughed
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som gapskratteto roar with laughter, kaldskratteto laugh coldly and unnaturally, storskratteto laugh loudly and heartily
  2. om fugl: skrike ensformig;
    kakle, skvatre
    of a bird: to give a monotonous cry;
    to cackle, to chatter
    • en rype skrattet oppe i lia a ptarmigan was cackling up on the hillside
  3. gi en høy, skjærende lyd to make a loud, piercing noise
    • grammofonen skrattet the gramophone rasped