Laughter

Quick meaning: Laughter is a noun meaning The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.

Meaning

The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.

More Meanings

1. A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.
2. (archaic) A reason for merriment.

Example Sentences

Their loud laughter betrayed their presence.

Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter.

There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town.

The act of laughter, which is caused by a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves.

Word Forms

• laughters
• laughtre

Synonyms for laughter

Depending on context, synonyms include laugh.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include laugh, laughing, giggle, giggling, joke, funny.

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