גְּחַךְ, גְּחִיךְ (corresp. to b. h. צחק) 1) to laugh, jest. Targ. Y. Gen. XVIII, 13; 15 (O. חייך, h. text צחק). Y. Naz. VII, 56ᶜ top אתחמי ג׳ he appeared to be laughing. Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵃ bot. גַּחֲכִין they laughed. Y. Ber. VI, 10ᶜ top [read:] גחיך ליה חבריה his colleague laughed at him (Bab. ib. 39ᵃ לגלג … חבירו). Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ bot. ג׳ לקבליה he received him with a smile; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵇ. Gen. R. s. 30 גָּחוּךְ צבורא לקליה the audience laughed at what he said; a. fr. —2) to sport, to be obscene (of obscene idolatrous practices). Targ. II Chr. XV, 16; a. e.
    Pa. - גַּחֵךְ same, 1) to jest. Targ. Y. Gen. XIX, 14. —2) to be obscene. Targ. Y. ib. XXI, 9. Targ. Y. Ex. XXXII, 6; a. e.
    Ithpe. - אִיגְּחַךְ to be made sport of. Y. B. Mets. IV, 9ᵈ it is no honor to me that people should say (of me) פלוני א׳ that man was fooled (allowed himself to be taken advantage of).