Yocked

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

  1. Laughed loudly and heartily, often in a noisy, boisterous way that draws attention from others nearby
  2. Burst out in a loud, hearty laugh, usually in a rowdy or uninhibited manner among friends or a crowd
  3. Made a raucous, carefree laughing sound, typically while enjoying a joke or a funny situation with others

Etymology: "Yocked" is the past tense and past participle of "yock," a verb meaning to laugh loudly. The word is a regular verb form built on that base, so it carries no history of its own beyond the root it shares with "yock." Its meaning is the same as the base verb, describing a burst of loud, hearty laughter in the past.

Synonyms: laughed, guffawed, chortled, chuckled, roared