Definitions for laughter
ˈlæf tər, ˈlɑf-laugh·ter

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. laugh, laughter(noun)

   the sound of laughing

2. laughter(noun)

   the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn

   "he enjoyed the laughter of the crowd"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. laughter(Noun)

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

   Their loud laughter betrayed their presence

2. laughter(Noun)

   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.

3. laughter(Noun)

   A reason for merriment

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Laughter(verb)

   a movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, 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. See Laugh, v. i

   Etymology: [AS. hleahtor; akin to OHG. hlahtar, G. gelchter, Icel. hltr, Dan. latter. See Laugh, v. i. ]

Freebase(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Laughter

   Laughing is an involuntary reaction to certain external or internal stimuli. Laughter can arise from such activities as being tickled, or from humorous stories or thoughts. Most commonly, it is considered a visual expression of a number of positive emotional states, such as joy, mirth, happiness, relief, etc. On some occasions, however, it may be caused by contrary emotional states such as embarrassment, apology, or confusion" or courtesy laugh. Factors such as age, gender, education, language, and culture are determinant factors as to whether a person will experience laughter in a given situation. Laughter is a part of human behavior regulated by the brain, helping humans clarify their intentions in social interaction and providing an emotional context to conversations. Laughter is used as a signal for being part of a group — it signals acceptance and positive interactions with others. Laughter is sometimes seen as contagious, and the laughter of one person can itself provoke laughter from others as a positive feedback. This may account in part for the popularity of laugh tracks in situation comedy television shows. The study of humor and laughter, and its psychological and physiological effects on the human body, is called gelotology.

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. laughter

   1. The sound you always hear when you chase your hat down the street. 2. Nature's rest-cure for tired nerves. 3. The solace of the sad. 4. A facial sunburst that is fatal to the glooms.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Laughter

   An involuntary expression of merriment and pleasure; it includes the patterned motor responses as well as the inarticulate vocalization.

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1. laughter

   A type of loving and joyful sound.

   We love the sound of children's laughter.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 17, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'laughter' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4029

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'laughter' in Nouns Frequency: #1705

How to pronounce laughter?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say laughter in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of laughter in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of laughter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of laughter in a Sentence

1. Sebastien Gendry:

   Laughter does not mean happiness. It is a way to relieve tension, it is a simple and impactful way to improve immune function by increasing cardiovascular activity and improving lymphatic function with deep breathing and increased oxygen.

2. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich:

   1. You take off the mask of hypocrisy, and there are hundreds of billions of laughing monsters of monsters. They laugh in a smile of hatred; an ordinary person simply cannot stand so much awareness. 2. The idea appeared in the mirror maze and it is reflected in all the mirrors, that is, the opinion that the source cannot be found because it is hidden from your eyes. You see that opinion is a sect. 3. Death from the dust of all the dead and dust of memories. Fear is all out of the darkness of the subconscious of billions of threads of manipulation. 4. The face tears up from laughter, and there is not flesh and soul, but a continuous smile of awareness. 5. A ghost is a hologram record of the projection of the universe, once generated by an accident of chaos, living in reality. This spirit is like the same memoirs and nostalgia of the past. This is a retro record of bygone times, traveling in empty eternity and nonsense, feeling only insensibility. A time-space film of time and space existing in time, in the depressing eternity of reality, in the void of consciousness of loneliness. A ghost who sees is not evolutionary progress, but the life cycle of a temporary transformation, rotting from the depravity of people. 6. Modern thinking is a mysterious essence, it is all in blood and is two meters tall, its smile opens to your soul and its smile descends to the earth and opens a portal to the dimension of eternal laughter, to a world without values. 7. Wandering in the midst of twilight darkness, the creative person revealed to the world what was hidden in the egg that lay in this fog, entities and monsters of the subconscious crawled out of it through the force field of imagination and depravity, through the force field they arise in the mind. Some in the imagination become prettier, while others are uglier. Then exhibited in a toy marketing store. 8. Under the ordinary eye, the eye of anger. Under the eye of anger, the eye of despondency. Under the eye of despondency, the eye of insight of enlightenment of good and light, selfless nobleness. 9. Reality is a terrible dystopia of smiling optimism, with wired senses, with laughing monsters in your head, that is, your vices.

3. Averil Jackie Jones:

   I can’t hear her smile over the phone, I can’t hear her laughter, I can’t get her wisdom, I can’t share my secrets, i feel empty.

4. Sheena Melwani:

   I think one of the most important things that has come out of all of this is much larger than just videos of a girl singing and being hilariously interrupted, the joy that these videos have brought people is the true gift. You can see many comments from people all over the world saying how much they enjoy them and how much their families are bonding over the laughter and music.

5. Cole Hamels:

   There are tons of amazing charities in southwest Missouri. Out of all of these, Barnabas really pulled on our heartstrings, seeing the faces, hearing the laughter, reading the stories of the kids they serve ; there istruly nothing like it. Barnabas makes dreams come true, and we felt called to help them in a big way.

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