Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lake.
- noun A bay or an inlet of the sea.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lake: same as
loch , especially with reference to lakes in Ireland. - noun A cavity in a rock.
- noun An obsolete preterit of
laugh .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.
- of
laugh .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
lake or long, narrowinlet , especially inIreland
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Irish word for a lake
- noun a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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On the eastern edge of the lough is a double concentric ring of stones, the diameter of the inner circle being about 100 feet.
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Besides -- and once more I think I blushed, even under the bracken -- on the other side of the lough was my little Lady Kit.
Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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As the lough is an SAC special area of conservation it comes under the European Habitat Directive.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The lough teems with life, and is paradise for birdwatchers in particular, who flock here to see the large numbers of breeding or wintering birds that nest here and on the lough's 120 islands.
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Reply to this patukani am not njoiying the bba rev its boring. next time try to pick people who are going to make us lough and enjoy. frm zm.
Global Voices in English » Big Brother Africa IV: The Revolution is on 2009
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| Reply rofl @dazzer, that made me really lough out loud
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - This is a good laugh: Obama huckin’ snow! 2009
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Those who take things for granted: Listen "those who laugh last, lough best" Tomorrow intertwined with the debacle that is going on in the two camps, the truth shall deliver the abused innocent contender.
McAuliffe says Clinton staying in, will win popular vote 2008
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Thanks for the opportunity to get a lough out of a tragedy. ..
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Andy Adair … you show day after day that you are Alex's bitch … and Alex will lough for this … I know
Sound Off: Hellboy II: The Golden Army - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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InsomniacLolita - Your comment literally made me lough out loud.
Camera Critters: Fuji floreta 2009
qms commented on the word lough
An Irishman skilled in the talk
Can outpace a laconic Jock.
Take note how it's spelt
By the wordier Celt
And savor the grandeur of "lough!"
January 10, 2016