laugher

laugh

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.

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

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laugh′er n.laugh′ing·ly adv.

laugh•er

(ˈlæf ər, ˈlɑ fər)

n. 1. a person who laughs. 2. Informal. a contest or competition in which one person or team easily overwhelms another; easy victory. [1375–1425]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	laugher - a person who is laughing or who laughs easilyindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"giggler, titterer - a person who laughs nervously
	2.	laugher - an easy victory blowout, romp, runaway, shoo-in, walkawaytriumph, victory - a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"