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L0067500 (lăf, läf)v. laughed, laugh·ing, laughs v.intr.1. To express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.2. To show or feel amusement or good humor: an experience we would laugh about later on.3. a. To feel or express derision or contempt; mock: I had to laugh when I saw who my opponent was.b. To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being: You won't be laughing when the truth comes out.4. To produce sounds resembling laughter: parrots laughing and chattering in the trees.v.tr.1. To affect or influence by laughter: laughed the speaker off the stage; laughed the proposal down.2. To say with a laugh: He laughed his delight at the victory.n.1. a. The act of laughing.b. The sound of laughing; laughter.2. Informal Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke: The solution they recommended was a laugh.3. often laughs Informal Fun; amusement: went along just for laughs.Phrasal Verbs: laugh at To treat lightly; scoff at: a daredevil who laughed at danger. laugh off (or away) To dismiss as ridiculously or laughably trivial: laughed off any suggestion that her career was over.Idioms: laugh all the way to the bank To take glee in making money, especially from activity that others consider to be unimpressive or unlikely to turn a profit. laugh out of the other side of (one's) mouth To see one's good fortune turn to bad; suffer a humbling reversal.laugh up/in (one's) sleeve To rejoice or exult in secret, as at another's error or defeat.

[Middle English laughen, from Old English hlæhhan, probably ultimately of imitative origin.]

laugh′er n.laugh′ing·ly adv.

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(lɑːf) vb1. (intr) to express or manifest emotion, esp mirth or amusement, typically by expelling air from the lungs in short bursts to produce an inarticulate voiced noise, with the mouth open2. (intr) (esp of certain mammals or birds) to make a noise resembling a laugh3. (tr) to utter or express with laughter: he laughed his derision at the play. 4. (tr) to bring or force (someone, esp oneself) into a certain condition by laughter: he laughed himself sick. 5. (foll by: at) to make fun (of); jeer (at)6. (foll by: over) to read or discuss something with laughter7. don't make me laugh informal I don't believe you for a moment8. laugh all the way to the bank informal to be unashamedly pleased at making a lot of money9. laugh in a person's face to show open contempt or defiance towards a person10. laugh like a drain informal to laugh loudly and coarsely11. laugh up one's sleeve to laugh or have grounds for amusement, self-satisfaction, etc, secretly12. laugh on the other side of one's face to show sudden disappointment or shame after appearing cheerful or confident13. be laughing informal to be in a favourable situationn14. the act or an instance of laughing15. a manner of laughter16. informal a person or thing that causes laughter: that holiday was a laugh. 17. the last laugh the final success in an argument, situation, etc, after previous defeat[Old English læhan, hliehhen; related to Gothic hlahjan, Dutch lachen] ˈlaugher n ˈlaughing n, adj ˈlaughingly adv

laugh

(læf, lɑf)
v.i. 1. 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. to feel the emotion so expressed: She laughed inwardly at the scene. 3. to produce a sound resembling laughter: A coyote laughed in the dark. v.t. 4. to drive, put, bring, etc., by or with laughter (often fol. by out, away, down, etc.): They laughed him out of town. 5. to utter with laughter: He laughed his consent. 6. laugh at, a. to ridicule; deride. b. to find amusing. 7. laugh off, to dismiss as trivial. n. 8. the act or sound of laughing; laughter. 9. an expression of mirth, derision, etc., by laughing. 10. a person or thing that provokes laughter, amusement, or ridicule: That physics exam was a laugh. 11. laughs, Informal. fun; amusement. Idioms: 1. have the last laugh, to prove successful despite the doubts of others. 2. laugh out of the other side of one's mouth or face, to become regretful or chastened after initial joy or boastfulness. 3. laugh up or in one's sleeve, to be secretly derisive or amused. [before 900; Middle English; Old English (Anglian) hlæh(h)an]

laugh

deride - From Latin de-, "completely," and ridere, "laugh at."
keak - To cackle, laugh at.
fleer - To laugh in a disrespectful or jeering way.
flizzen - To laugh with the whole face.

laugh

Past participle: laughed
Gerund: laughing

Imperative
laugh
laugh

Present
I laugh
you laugh
he/she/it laughs
we laugh
you laugh
they laugh

Preterite
I laughed
you laughed
he/she/it laughed
we laughed
you laughed
they laughed

Present Continuous
I am laughing
you are laughing
he/she/it is laughing
we are laughing
you are laughing
they are laughing

Present Perfect
I have laughed
you have laughed
he/she/it has laughed
we have laughed
you have laughed
they have laughed

Past Continuous
I was laughing
you were laughing
he/she/it was laughing
we were laughing
you were laughing
they were laughing

Past Perfect
I had laughed
you had laughed
he/she/it had laughed
we had laughed
you had laughed
they had laughed

Future
I will laugh
you will laugh
he/she/it will laugh
we will laugh
you will laugh
they will laugh

Future Perfect
I will have laughed
you will have laughed
he/she/it will have laughed
we will have laughed
you will have laughed
they will have laughed

Future Continuous
I will be laughing
you will be laughing
he/she/it will be laughing
we will be laughing
you will be laughing
they will be laughing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been laughing
you have been laughing
he/she/it has been laughing
we have been laughing
you have been laughing
they have been laughing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been laughing
you will have been laughing
he/she/it will have been laughing
we will have been laughing
you will have been laughing
they will have been laughing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been laughing
you had been laughing
he/she/it had been laughing
we had been laughing
you had been laughing
they had been laughing

Conditional
I would laugh
you would laugh
he/she/it would laugh
we would laugh
you would laugh
they would laugh

Past Conditional
I would have laughed
you would have laughed
he/she/it would have laughed
we would have laughed
you would have laughed
they would have laughed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	laugh - the sound of laughing laughterutterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communicationcachinnation - loud convulsive laughtercackle - a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cacklechortle, chuckle - a soft partly suppressed laughgiggle - a foolish or nervous laughbelly laugh, guffaw - a burst of deep loud hearty laughterha-ha, haw-haw, hee-haw, horselaugh - a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighingsnicker, snigger, snort - a disrespectful laughtitter - a nervous restrained laugh
	2.	laugh - a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing; "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"facial expression, facial gesture - a gesture executed with the facial muscles
	3.	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"gag, jape, jest, jokehumor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughtergag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line - the point of a joke or humorous storyhowler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream - a joke that seems extremely funnyblue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story - an indelicate jokeethnic joke - a joke at the expense of some ethnic groupfunny, 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 peopleone-liner - a one-line jokeshaggy dog story - a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessnesssick joke - a joke in bad tastesight gag, visual joke - a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
Verb	1.	laugh - produce laughter express joy, express mirthbray - laugh loudly and harshlybellylaugh - laugh a deep, hearty laughhowl, roar - laugh unrestrainedly and heartilysnicker, snigger - laugh quietlygiggle, titter - laugh nervously; "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom"crack up, break up - laugh unrestrainedlycackle - emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughingguffaw, laugh loudly - laugh boisterouslychortle, chuckle, laugh softly - laugh quietly or with restraintconvulse - be overcome with laughtercachinnate - laugh loudly and in an unrestrained wayexpress emotion, express feelings - give verbal or other expression to one's feelingslaugh away, laugh off - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems"blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, roast, rib - 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"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"

laugh

verb1. chuckle, giggle, snigger, crack up (informal), cackle, chortle, guffaw, titter, roar, bust a gut (informal), be convulsed (informal), be in stitches, crease up (informal), split your sides, be rolling in the aisles (informal), L (S.M.S.) He laughed with pleasure when people said he looked like his Dad.noun1. chortle, giggle, chuckle, snigger, guffaw, titter, belly laugh, roar or shriek, L (S.M.S.) He gave a deep rumbling laugh at his own joke.2. (Informal) joke, scream (informal), hoot (informal), lark, prank, L (S.M.S.) Working there's great. It's quite a good laugh actually.3. (Informal) clown, character (informal), scream (informal), comic, caution (informal), wit, comedian, entertainer, card (informal), wag, joker, hoot (informal), humorist, L (S.M.S.) He was a good laugh and great to have in the dressing room.laugh at something or someone make fun of, mock, tease, ridicule, taunt, jeer, deride, scoff at, belittle, lampoon, take the mickey out of (informal), pour scorn on, make a mock of I thought people were laughing at me because I was ugly.laugh something off disregard, ignore, dismiss, overlook, shrug off, minimize, brush aside, make light of, pooh-pooh While I used to laugh it off, I'm now getting irritated by it.Quotations
"Laugh and the world laughs with you;"
"Weep, and you weep alone;"
"For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,"
"But has enough trouble of its own" [Ella Wheeler Wilcox Solitude]
"One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man" [Fyodor Dostoevsky The House of the Dead]Proverbs
"He who laughs last, laughs longest"

laugh

verb1. To express amusement, mirth, or scorn by smiling and emitting loud, inarticulate sounds:cachinnate, cackle, guffaw.Informal: heehaw.Idioms: die laughing, laugh one's head off, roll in the aisles, split one's sides.2. To make fun or make fun of:deride, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, ridicule, scoff, scout, twit.Chiefly British: quiz.Idiom: poke fun at.noun1. An act of laughing:cachinnation, cackle, guffaw, laughter.Informal: heehaw.2. Informal. Something or someone uproariously funny or absurd:absurdity.Informal: hoot, joke, scream.Slang: gas, howl, panic, riot.Idiom: a laugh a minute.

Translations

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laugh

(laːf) verb 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.笑 noun an act or sound of laughing. He gave a laugh; a loud laugh.笑ˈlaughable adjective1. ridiculous or deserving scorn. Her attempts at drawing were laughable.可笑的2. amusing; comical. 有趣的，好笑的 ˈlaughably adverb可笑地ˈlaughingly adverb as a joke. She suggested laughingly that he should try it himself.带着笑地ˈlaughter noun the act or sound of laughing. We could hear laughter / the sound of laughter from the next room.笑声ˈlaughing-stock noun someone who is laughed at. If I wear that hat, I'll be a laughing-stock.笑柄laugh at to make it obvious that one regards something or someone as humorous, ridiculous or deserving scorn. Everyone will laugh at me if I wear that dress!; The others laughed at his fears.嘲笑

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laugh

up/in (one's) sleeve To rejoice or exult in secret, as at another's error or defeat.

See:

a barrel of laughs
a barrel/bundle of laughs
a laugh a minute
a laughing stock
Are you having a laugh?
barrel of laughs
be a barrel of laughs
be a bundle of laughs
be a laugh a minute
be laughed out of court
be laughing
be laughing (one's) head off
be laughing all the way to the bank
be laughing on the other side of (one's) face
be laughing on the other side of your face
be laughing out of the other side of (one's) mouth
be laughing up (one's) sleeve
be laughing up your sleeve
be laughing your head off
be no laughing matter
belly laugh
bundle of laughs
burst into
burst out laughing
bust a gut
bust out laughing
cried all the way to the bank, he/she
die laughing
Don’t make me laugh!
don't make me laugh
Don't make me laugh!
drink (oneself) silly
drink, laugh, shout, etc. yourself silly
enough to make a cat laugh
fall about laughing
fall about the place (laughing)
for a laugh
for giggles
for kicks
for kicks and for laughs; for giggles
for laughs
get a laugh
good for a laugh
have (someone) laughing in the aisles
have a laugh
have the last laugh
he laughs best who laughs last
he laughs longest who laughs last
he who laughs last laughs best
he who laughs last laughs longest
He who laughs last, laughs longest
horse laugh
it's to laugh
kill (oneself) laughing
kill yourself laughing
last laugh
last laugh, have the
last laugh, to have the
laugh
laugh (one) off the stage
laugh (one's) head off
laugh (oneself) silly
laugh (someone or something) out of court
laugh (someone or something) to scorn
laugh a minute
laugh about
laugh about (something)
laugh all the way to the bank
laugh and the (whole) world laughs with you(; weep and you weep alone)
laugh and the world laughs with you
Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone
laugh at
laugh at (someone or something)
laugh at the carpet
laugh away
laugh away at
laugh down
laugh head off
laugh in (one's) face
laugh in (one's) sleeve
laugh in face
laugh in somebody's face
laugh in someone's face
laugh like a drain
laugh off
laugh off the stage
laugh on the other side of (one's) face
laugh on the other side of (one's) mouth
laugh on the other side of your face
laugh oneself out of
laugh oneself silly
laugh or cry, don't know whether to
laugh out (of) the other side of (one's) face
laugh out (of) the other side of (one's) mouth
laugh out of
laugh out of court
laugh out of court, to
laugh out of the other side of face and laugh out of the other ...
laugh out of the other side of mouth
laugh out of the other side of one's mouth
laugh out of the other side of your face/mouth, you'll/to
laugh somebody/something out of court
laugh someone or something out of court
laugh someone or something to scorn
laugh up (one's) sleeve
laugh up one's sleeve
laugh up one's sleeve, to
laugh up sleeve
laugh up your sleeve
laugh with
laugh with (something)
laugh your head off
laugh yourself silly
laughing academy
laughing in the aisles
laughing matter
laughing soup
laughing stock
laughing water
liquid laugh
make (someone, something, or oneself) a laughingstock
make a laughingstock of (someone, something, or oneself)
make a play for
man plans and God laughs
no joke
no laughing matter
not be a barrel of laughs
not know whether to laugh or (to) cry
not know whether to laugh or cry
piss (oneself) laughing
play for
play for laughs
play something for laughs
raise a laugh
raise a laugh/smile
raise a smile
rolling on the floor laughing
shout (oneself) silly
split one's sides
split one's sides, to
the last laugh
the laugh is on (one)
the laugh is on me
you have (got) to laugh
you have to laugh
You make me laugh!
yourself silly

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verb chuckle

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noun chortle

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noun joke

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noun clown

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phrase laugh at something or someone

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phrase laugh something off

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verb to express amusement, mirth, or scorn by smiling and emitting loud, inarticulate sounds

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verb to make fun or make fun of

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noun an act of laughing

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noun something or someone uproariously funny or absurd

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noun the sound of laughing

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noun a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing

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noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

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verb produce laughter

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