outlaugh

verb

1. To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.

   transitive

   His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. - Franklin

2. To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.

   transitive

   At his father's quick guffaw he jumped back, trying to outlaugh him. "Mamma, did you hear what I said, Mamma?" Boardman felt his side. "My boy, that's a good one."

Where it comes from

From out- + laugh. Compare Saterland Frisian uutlachje, West Frisian útlaitsje, Dutch uitlachen (“to ridicule”), German Low German utlachen, German auslachen (“to laugh at”), Danish udle.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry outlaugh (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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