Definition of
Laugh
- (noun, communication) a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
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 - (noun, communication) a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
- (noun, communication) the sound of laughing
- (verb, body) produce laughter
- (noun, communication) a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
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Synonyms of Laugh
express joy, express mirth, gag, jape, jest, joke, laughter
Antonyms of Laugh
Alternate forms of Laugh
Derivations: laugh, laughable, laugher
Hyponyms: belly laugh, bellylaugh, blue joke, blue story, bray, break up, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, convulse, crack up, dirty joke, dirty story, ethnic joke, funny, funny remark, funny story, giggle, good story, guffaw, ha-ha, haw-haw, hee-haw, horselaugh, howl, howler, in-joke, laugh loudly, laugh softly, one-liner, riot, roar, scream, shaggy dog story, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, snicker, snigger, snort, thigh-slapper, titter, visual joke, wow
Hypernyms: express emotion, express feelings, facial expression, facial gesture, humor, humour, utterance, vocalization, wit, witticism, wittiness
Origin of the word Laugh
- O.E. (Anglian) hl?hhan, earlier hlihhan, from P.Gmc. *klakhjanan (cf. O.N. hl?ja, Ger. lachen, Goth. hlahjan), from PIE *klak-, of imitative origin (cf. L. cachinare "to laugh aloud," Skt. kakhati "laughs," O.C.S. chochotati "laugh," Gk. kakhazein).
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Words that sound like Laugh
lac, lac wax, lace, lachaise, lachesis, lack, lackey, lacy, lag, lagos, laic, laicise, laicize, laius, lake, lake cayuga, lake keuka, lakh, lallygag, lao-zi, laos, lascaux, lasek, lash, lasik, lasix, lass, lassa, lassie, lasso, laugh away, lawless, laws, lax, laze, lazio, lazy, leach, leacock, league, leak, leakage, leakey, leaky, lease
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