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The word 'laughing' is not a compound noun; it is a word+suffix. The noun 'laughing' is called a gerund (a verbal noun). A gerund is the present participle of a verb that can also perform the functions of a noun as the subject of a sentence or clause and the object of a verb or a preposition.

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