Definitions of laugh [æf, lɑf]

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Definition of 'laugh'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) laugh
to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usu. accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.

2.  laugh
to feel the emotion so expressed:
She laughed inwardly at the scene.

3.  laugh
to produce a sound resembling laughter:
A coyote laughed in the dark.

4. (v.t.) laugh
to drive, put, bring, etc., by or with laughter (often fol. by out, away, down, etc.):
They laughed him out of town.

5.  laugh
to utter with laughter:
He laughed his consent.

6.  laugh
laugh at,

7.  laugh
to ridicule; deride.

8.  laugh
to find amusing.

9.  laugh
laugh off, to dismiss as trivial.

10. (n.) laugh
the act or sound of laughing; laughter.

11.  laugh
an expression of mirth, derision, etc., by laughing.

12.  laugh
a person or thing that provokes laughter, amusement, or ridicule:
That physics exam was a laugh.

13.  laugh
Informal. fun; amusement.

Definition of 'laugh'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) laugh, laughter
the sound of laughing

2. (noun) laugh
a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
"his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"

3. (verb) joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape
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"

4. (verb) laugh, express joy, express mirth
produce laughter

Definition of 'laugh'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) laugh
to make a sound because sth is funny
I laughed so hard in that movie.; to laugh at a joke; She really makes me laugh.

2.  laugh
laugh your head off
to laugh a lot
We laughed our heads off when we saw him in that suit.

3.  laugh
no laughing matter
very serious
What you did was illegal - this is no laughing matter.

4. (noun) laugh
the sound sb makes when sth is funny
his big, loud laugh; My jokes weren't getting any laughs.

5.  laugh
a laugh
an enjoyable experience; = fun
It wasn't serious - we just did it for a laugh.

Definition of 'laugh'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) laugh
an expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i

2. (verb) laugh
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

3. (verb) laugh
fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport

4. (verb) laugh
to affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule

5. (verb) laugh
to express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out

Translation of 'laugh'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make sounds with the voice in showing happiness, amusement, scorn etc We laughed at the funny photographs; Children were laughing in the garden as they played.
Afrikaans: lag	Arabic: يَضْحَك	Bulgarian: смея се
Brazilian: rir	Czech: smát se	German: lachen
Danish: grine; le	Greek: γελώ	Spanish: reír
Estonian: naerma	Farsi: خندیدن	Finnish: nauraa
French: rire	Hebrew: לִצחוֹק	Hindi: हंसना
Croatian: smijati se	Hungarian: nevet	Indonesian: tertawa
Icelandic: hlæja	Italian: ridere	Japanese: 笑う
Korean: (소리내어) 웃다	Lithuanian: juoktis, kvatoti	Latvian: smieties
Malay: ketawa	Dutch: lachen	Norwegian: le
Polish: śmiać się	Persian: خندیدن	Pashto: خندل،خندا
Portuguese: rir	Romanian: a râde	Russian: смеяться
Slovak: smiať sa	Slovenian: smejati se	Serbian: smejati se
Swedish: skratta	Thai: หัวเราะ	Turkish: gülmek
Taiwanese: 笑	Ukrainian: сміятися; реготати	Urdu: ہنسنا
Vietnamese: cười	Chinese: 笑
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