convulse

verb

1. make someone convulse with laughter

- The comedian convulsed the crowd

Definition categories: communication, amuse

2. be overcome with laughter

Definition categories: body, laugh

3. move or stir about violently

Similar word(s): jactitate, slash, thrash, thresh, toss

Definition categories: motion, agitate, shake

4. shake uncontrollably

- earthquakes convulsed the countryside

Definition categories: motion, agitate, shake

5. cause to contract

- The spasm convulses her facial muscles

Definition categories: contact, compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze

6. contract involuntarily, as in a spasm

- The muscles in her face convulsed

Definition categories: contact, compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze