To cachinnate is to laugh loudly or laugh hard.
(verb)When you give a big, loud laugh at a joke, this is an example of a time when you cachinnate.
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intransitive verb cachinnated, cachinnating
Origin: < L cachinnatus, pp. of cachinnare: ult. of echoic orig.
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intransitive verb cach·in·nat·ed, cach·in·nat·ing, cach·in·nates
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Origin: Latin cachinnāre, cachinnāt-
Origin: , of imitative origin
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