He had the audience hooting with laughter.mirthmirth /mɜːθ $ mɜːrθ/ noun [uncountable] 
Her body began to shake with mirth.—mirthful adjective
WORD ORIGINmirth
Origin:
Old English myrgth, from myrge; ➔ MERRYEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A wonderful, joyous mouth that could laugh and grin and smile in a hundred expressions of precious, life-giving mirth.
- Anyway, fashions in mirth change.
- Athelstan just glared at her but still she could not control her mirth.
- Lili was taken by a fit of mirth and lay with a cushion pressed to her nose.
- Our companions in this journey should be mirth, tranquillity and enthusiasm and we will never be bored.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He had the audience hooting with laughter.
literary happiness and laughter: He had the audience hooting with laughter. Her body began to shake with mirth.—mirthful adjective