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  to laugh  Gal, PTA, CPA, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA.  TN Gen18:15 : וכדבת שרה למימר לא גח<כ>ת‏  Sarah lied saying "I did not laugh".  PJ Gen18:13 : למה דנן גחכת שרה‏  why did Sarah laugh just now?.

  to sport in a (sexually?) inappropriate way  LJLA.  TgIIChron 15:16 : דעבדת טעוותא למגחך קדם אשרתא‏  who made an abomination for sporting before the Asherah.

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  to joke with, to sport with, to play  Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA.  TN Gen26:8 : והא יצחק מגהך עם רבקה אתתה‏  behold Isaac was "playing" with Rebecca, his wife.  TgProv26:19 : היכנא גברא דמרמי לחבריה ואמר מגחך גחכית‏  so too is a man who deceives his fellow but says: I was just joking.

  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 126a; Jastrow: 233; Levy Ch-W: 1:134; Tal Sam: 142;

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Derivatives:

gḥwk, gwḥkˀ (gḥoḵ, guḥkā) n.m.   laughter, joke

gyḥwk, gyḥwkˀ (giḥḥūḵ, giḥḥūḵā) v.n.D   lewd behavior