- cincung
- f (-e/-a) boisterous laughter, a loud or cackling laughter
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
cincung
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Chin cough — [For chink cough; cf. As. cincung long laughter, Scot. kink a violent fit of coughing, akin to MHG. k[=i]chen to pant. Cf. {Kinknaust}, {Cough}.] Whooping cough. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jink — /jingk/, n. 1. jinks, prankish or frolicsome activities. 2. Brit. Dial. chink. [1690 1700; var. of dial. chink to gasp violently; cf. OE cincung boisterous laughter] * * * … Universalium
gang- — gang English meaning: to mock Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘spotten, höhnen” Note: Root gang : “to mock” derived from the onomatopoeic duplication of Root gha gha, ghe ghe, ghi ghi : “to cackle (of geese)”. Material: O.Ind. gañja ḥ… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
