Definition of laugh Laugh
/læˈf/ - [laf] - laugh
We found 27 definitions of laugh from 10 different sources.
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What does laugh mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: laughs |
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| laugh - the sound of laughing | ||
| laughter | ||
| utterance, vocalization the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication | ||
| cachinnation loud convulsive laughter | ||
| cackle a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle | ||
| chortle, chuckle a soft partly suppressed laugh | ||
| giggle a foolish or nervous laugh | ||
| guffaw, belly laugh a burst of deep loud hearty laughter | ||
| hee-haw, horselaugh, ha-ha, haw-haw a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing | ||
| snicker, snigger, snort a disrespectful laugh | ||
| laugh - a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing; "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision" | ||
| facial gesture, facial expression a gesture executed with the facial muscles | ||
| laugh - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" | ||
| joke, gag, jest, jape | ||
| witticism, wittiness, wit, humor, humour a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | ||
| gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line the point of a joke or humorous story | ||
| sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, howler, scream, riot a joke that seems extremely funny | ||
| blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story an indelicate joke | ||
| ethnic joke a joke at the expense of some ethnic group | ||
| funny, funny remark, funny story, good story an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" | ||
| in-joke a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people | ||
| one-liner a one-line joke | ||
| shaggy dog story a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness | ||
| sick joke a joke in bad taste | ||
Verb |
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| laugh - produce laughter | ||
| express joy, express mirth | ||
| weep, cry shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs" | ||
| express emotion, express feelings give verbal or other expression to one's feelings | ||
| laugh away, laugh off deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems" | ||
| jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, blackguard, guy, rib, roast subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" | ||
| bray laugh loudly and harshly | ||
| bellylaugh laugh a deep, hearty laugh | ||
| howl, roar emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" | ||
| snicker, snigger laugh quietly | ||
| giggle, titter laugh nervously; "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom" | ||
| crack up, break up rhapsodize about | ||
| cackle emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing | ||
| guffaw, laugh loudly laugh boisterously | ||
| chortle, chuckle, laugh softly laugh quietly or with restraint | ||
| convulse be overcome with laughter | ||
| cachinnate laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way | ||
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Wiktionary 
- laugh (Noun)
An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. - laugh (Noun)
Something that provokes mirth or scorn. - laugh (Noun)
A fun person. - laugh (Verb)
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. - laugh (Verb)
To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. - laugh (Verb)
To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock. - laugh (Verb)
To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. - laugh (Verb)
To express by, or utter with, laughter.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- laugh (v. i.)
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. - laugh (v. i.)
Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. - laugh (v. t.)
To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. - laugh (v. t.)
To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out. - laugh (n.)
An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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laugh
To express pleasure, mirth 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 produce laughter. -
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An involuntary reaction to a funny or entertaining dialogue or action that usually results in the emission of chuckling or explosive sounds, and shows happiness or satisfaction of the situation.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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läf, v.i. to express mirth or joy by an explosive inarticulate sound of the voice and peculiar facial distortion: to be gay or lively: make merry (with at), to flout.—v.t. to express with a laugh: to affect in some way by laughter.—n. the sound caused by merriment.—adj. Laugh′able, ludicrous.—n. Laugh′ableness.—adv. Laugh′ably.—ns. Laugh′er; Laugh′ing-gas, a gas which excites laughter, called nitrous oxide, used as an anæsthetic in minor surgical operations, as in dentistry; Laugh′ing-jack′ass, the great kingfisher of Australia.—adv. Laugh′ingly, in a laughing manner.—ns. Laugh′ing-stock, an object of ridicule, like something stuck up to be laughed at; Laugh′ter, act or noise of laughing.—Laugh a thing off, to treat as if worthy only of a laugh; Laugh in one's sleeve, to laugh inwardly; Laugh one out of, to make a person abandon a habit, &c., by laughing at him for it; Laugh on the wrong side of the mouth, to be made feel disappointment or sorrow, esp. after boasting, &c.; Laugh to scorn, to deride or jeer at.—Have the laugh on one's side, to be able to laugh at another through getting the better of him by superior dexterity, &c. [A.S. hlihan; Ger. lachen, Goth. hlahjan; prob. imit.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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laugh
A peculiar contortion of the human countenance, voluntary or involuntary, superinduced by a concatenation of external circumstances, seen or heard, of a ridiculous, ludicrous, jocose, mirthful, funny, facetious or fanciful nature and accompanied by a cackle, chuckle, chortle, cachinnation, giggle gurgle, guffaw or roar.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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laugh
To laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; to cry. I'll make him laugh on the wrong (or t'other) side of his mouth.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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Let them laugh that win. -
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That's where the laugh comes in. -
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They laugh the loudest who have least to lose.
Wikipedia 
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A laugh is a way of showing happiness. It is a noise that a person makes when he hears something funny, like a joke, or is tickled.
Sometimes people laugh when they are not happy. When people are ashamed or embarrassed, sometimes they react by laughing.
There are different ways to laugh. A person can laugh using mostly their voice, mostly their throat, or mostly their nose.
You can write a laugh in different ways. Some people write "ha ha ha", or "he he he", or "heh". If they are on the internet, they also use "LOL". "LOL" doesn't sound like a laugh, but it stands for Laughing Out Loud.
Laughter can be observed in human infants from around three or four months and is usually an expression of surprise. It often elicits a positive response in adults who will involuntarily mimic the child. Video footage on the youtube site of babies laughing were shown to HM The Queen Elizabeth during her visit to the google headquarters on 16 October 2008 where both she and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh were reduced to 'fits of giggles'.
