larf

English

Verb

larf (third-person singular simple present larfs, present participle larfin', simple past and past participle larfed)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Eye dialect spelling of laugh. [19th century to the present]
   • 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career, chapter 31

     The neighbours described me as "a sorrowful lookin' delicate creetur', that couldn't larf to save her life" […]

Noun

larf (plural larfs)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Eye dialect spelling of laugh. [20th century to the present]

References

• “larf” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd edition; 1989]

Anagrams

• farl

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑrf/

Noun

larf f (plural larven, diminutive larfje n)

1. Alternative form of larve.