Laugh

Quick meaning: Laugh is a noun meaning An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

Meaning

An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

More Meanings

1. Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
2. (British, New Zealand) A fun person.
3. (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
4. (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
5. (transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
6. (transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.
7. (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

Example Sentences

a good laugh

Your new hat's an absolute laugh, dude.

His deep laughs boomed through the room.

And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.

Word Forms

• laughs
• laughe
• laughing
• laughed
• laughest
• laughedst
• laugheth

Synonyms for laugh

Depending on context, synonyms include cackle, chortle, giggle, guffaw, snicker, snigger.

Antonyms for laugh

Common opposites include cry, weep.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include laughter, joke, jest, gag, wheeze, yak.

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