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Verb

What are you laughing about?

The audience was laughing hysterically.

I’ve never laughed so hard in my life.

I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw what he was wearing.

I laughed out loud when I saw him.

He laughed so hard I thought he’d die laughing.

The movie was hilarious. We laughed our heads off.

“I’ve never seen anything so ridiculous,” he laughed.

Noun

He gave a loud laugh.

a joke that always gets a big laugh

The movie has a lot of laughs.

You’re going to be a movie star? That’s a laugh.

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, on his own page, Bongiovi shares a pic of the two of them laughing and looking into each other’s eyes while at a restaurant.

—Harper’s BAZAAR, 11 Apr. 2023

Advertisement Ig Nobel apprised The Ig Nobel Prizes celebrate achievements that make people laugh, then think.

—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023

In truth, there was plenty to laugh and cry and cringe about during an eventful week at Augusta National.

—Dave Skretta, ajc, 10 Apr. 2023

People in the background are then heard clapping and laughing.

—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023

The crowd can be heard clapping and laughing, while a man captures the moment on a phone.

—Reuters, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2023

The boy gave him a quick kiss on the lips as the crowd laughed and applauded.

—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2023

To be seen as full people, who love, laugh and cry just like anyone else, but who also have some bomb ass cultural heritage.

—Samantha Guzman, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023

Lindor stole a lick and laughed.

—Tyler Kepner Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023

Slides her hand across a Disney t-shirt, fake laughs.

—Hazlitt, 29 Mar. 2023

Her brooch previously belonged to Queen Elizabeth. More on Camilla’s brooches Advertisement — Continue Reading Below Camilla shared a laugh with the German First Lady.

—Town & Country, 29 Mar. 2023

Photos captured the family sharing a laugh on the red carpet.

—Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023

James Harden in a bottle (laughs).

—Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023

With a late-second-period goal that proved to be the game-winner in the 2-1 victory, Hathaway earned the last laugh.

—Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023

Rod Spencer says with a laugh.

—Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023

Tyler misses her laugh, a distinctly joyful sound around the house.

—The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2023

Every person, every team, passed on me in the draft – which ended up being a reoccurring theme in my life until recently (laughs).

—USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023

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Источник

смеяться, хохотать, высмеивать, смех, хохот, шутка, смешной случай

глагол ↓

- смеяться

- (at) смеяться над чем-л.; пренебрегать чем-л.; не обращать внимания на что-л.

to laugh at difficulties [at threats, at danger, at misfortunes] — смеяться над трудностями [над угрозами, над опасностью, над неудачами]

- сказать со смехом, произнести смеясь

to laugh a reply — ответить смеясь

- выразить смехом

to laugh one’s pleasure — рассмеяться от удовольствия
she laughed her disrespect — она презрительно рассмеялась

- выгнать, согнать (откуда-л.)

they laughed the singer out of the house /off the stage/ — зрители хохотали над певцом так, что ему пришлось сойти с эстрады

- насмешками отучить (от чего-л.)

to laugh smb. out of a habit — отучить кого-л. от привычки, посмеявшись над ней
to laugh in one’s sleeve — ≅ смеяться в кулак; украдкой /исподтишка/ радоваться
to laugh on the wrong /other/ side of one’s mouth /face/ — неожиданно перейти от радости /смеха/ к слезам
he laughs best who laughs last — посл. хорошо смеётся тот, кто смеётся последним
enough to make a cat laugh — ≅ курам на смех; смех да и только
laugh before breakfast you’ll cry before supper — кто с утра смеётся, тот к вечеру плачет; ≅ рано пташечка запела, как бы кошечка не съела
to laugh out of court — высмеять, осмеять

существительное ↓

- смех

- редк. посмешище
- разг. шутка, смешной случай

that’s a laugh — ну и смехота!, вот смех-то!
it was a laugh! — вот смеху-то было!
he will help? — That’s a laugh

- разг. забава

to play baseball just for laughs — играть в бейсбол для забавы /несерьёзно/

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

a joke that always gets a big laugh — Шутка над которой всегда смеются.
funny stories that made everybody laugh — забавные истории, которые всех рассмешили
full-mouthed laugh — громкий смех
to do smth. for a laugh / for laughs — делать что-л. ради смеха
to have the laugh of / on smb. — высмеять того, кто смеялся над тобой
to have a good laugh at smb. — от души посмеяться над кем-л.
to stifle / suppress a laugh — сдерживать смех
derisive laugh — иронический смех
infectious laugh — заразительный смех
sardonic laugh — сардонический смех
subdued laugh — сдерживаемый смех
to laugh up one’s sleeve — смеяться втихомолку

Примеры с переводом

He gave a loud laugh.

Он громко рассмеялся.

What are you laughing about?

Над чем вы смеётесь?

I’ve never laughed so hard in my life.

Я никогда, в своей жизни, не смеялся так сильно.

He laughed a reply.

Он ответил со смехом.

He laughed his pleasure.

Он рассмеялся от удовольствия.

It was a great holiday with lots of laughs.

Это был большой праздник, наполненный смехом.

She gave a wan laugh.

Она едва (слабо) посмеялась.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

The audience was laughing hysterically.

Julia’s laugh seemed forced and unnatural.

To Thomas, her laugh sounded horribly like a growl.

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке ☰, напротив примера.

Фразовые глаголы

laugh away — прогнать смехом, рассеять смехом
laugh down — засмеять, заглушить смехом
laugh off — отшутиться, отделаться смехом
laugh over — смеяться над, обсуждать в шутливом тоне

Возможные однокоренные слова

laughable — смешной, смехотворный, забавный
laughing — смеющийся, смешной, веселый, улыбающийся
laugher — смешливый человек, хохотун, зубоскал, насмешник

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: laugh
he/she/it: laughs
ing ф. (present participle): laughing
2-я ф. (past tense): laughed
3-я ф. (past participle): laughed

noun
ед. ч.(singular): laugh
мн. ч.(plural): laughs

Источник

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

bangsat (eye dialect)
goblok (archaic)
bungul tambuk (Cockney eye dialect)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English laughen, laghen, from (Anglian) Old English hlæhhan, hlehhan, (West Saxon) hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.

cognates

Germanic: (with j-present) Scots lauch, Icelandic hlæja, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish le; (without) Low German lachen, Dutch lachen, German lachen.

Indo-European: Russian клекота́ть (klekotátʹ), клокота́ть (klokotátʹ), клохта́ть (kloxtátʹ) ‘to cluck, cackle’, Ancient Greek κλώζω (klṓzō), κλώσσω (klṓssō) ‘to cackle, clack’, Welsh cloch ‘bell’, possibly Latin glōcīre ‘to cluck’.

Pronunciation[edit]

A man laughing.

(General Australian) IPA^(key): /laːf/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /lɑːf/
(General American) enPR: lăf, IPA^(key): /læf/
Rhymes: -ɑːf, -æf

Noun[edit]

laugh (plural laughs)

An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
- 1803, Oliver Goldsmith, The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account of His Life, page 45:
  
  And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
- 1869, F. W. Robertson, Lectures and Addresses on Literary and Social Topics, page 87:
  
  That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh.
His deep laughs boomed through the room.
Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
- 1921, Ring Lardner, The Big Town: How I and the Mrs. Go to New York to See Life and Get Katie a Husband, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 73:
  
  “And this rug,” he says, stomping on an old rag carpet. “How much do you suppose that cost?” ¶ It was my first guess, so I said fifty dollars. ¶ “That’s a laugh,” he said. “I paid two thousand for that rug.”
- 1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
  
  Life’s a piece of shit / When you look at it / Life’s a laugh and death’s a joke, it’s true.
Your new hat’s an absolute laugh, dude.
(Britain, New Zealand) A fun person.
- 2010, The Times, March 14, 2010, Tamzin Outhwaite, the unlikely musical star
  
  Outhwaite is a good laugh, yes, she knows how to smile: but deep down, she really is strong and stern.

Synonyms[edit]

(expression of mirth): cackle, chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, snicker, snigger, titter, cachinnation
(something that provokes mirth or scorn): joke, laughing stock

Derived terms[edit]

barrel of laughs
belly laugh
bundle of laughs
evil laugh
for a laugh
have a laugh
have the last laugh
horselaugh
laugh a minute
laugh machine
laugh track
laughathon
laughless
laughlike
laughline
laughsome
laughworthy
liquid laugh

Translations[edit]

expression of mirth peculiar to the human species

Afrikaans: lag (af)
Akatek: tze’
Albanian: qeshje (sq)
Arabic: ضَحْكَة‎ f (ḍaḥka)
Aramaic:

Classical Syriac: ܓܘܚܟܐ‎ m (gūḥkā)
Armenian: ծիծաղ (hy) (cicał)
Aromanian: arãs
Asturian: risa f
Aymara: laru
Basque: barre
Bikol Central: ulok (bcl)
Bulgarian: смях (bg) m (smjah)
Catalan: riure (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 笑聲／笑声 (zh) (xiàoshēng), 笑 (zh) (xiào)
Czech: smích (cs) m
Danish: latter (da) c
Dolgan: күлүү (külüü)
Dutch: lach (nl) m
Esperanto: rido
Estonian: naer (et)
Faroese: látur m
Finnish: nauru (fi)
French: rire (fr) m
Friulian: ridade, ridi
Galician: risa f, riso (gl) m, risada f, gargallada f
Georgian: სიცილი (sicili)
German: Lachen (de) n, Lache (de) f
Greek: γέλιο (el) n (gélio)

Ancient: γέλως m (gélōs)
Hebrew: צחוק‎ (he) m (tskhok)
Icelandic: hlátur (is)
Ido: rido (io)
Indonesian: tawa (id)
Ingrian: nagru, nagro
Irish: gáire m
Italian: riso (it) m, risata (it) f
Japanese: 笑い (ja) (warai)
Javanese: guyu (jv)
Kazakh: күлкі (külkı)
Khmer: សំណើច (km) (sɑmnaəc)
Korean: 웃음 (ko) (useum), 웃음소리 (ko) (useumsori)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: پێکەنین‎ (ckb) (pêkenîn)

Northern Kurdish: ken (ku)
Kyrgyz: күлкү (ky) (külkü)
Latgalian: smīklys
Latin: rīsus (la) m
Latvian: smiekli pl
Lithuanian: juokas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Laach f
Macedonian: смеа f (smea)
Maguindanaon: tatawa
Malay: ketawa (ms), gelak (ms)
Malayalam: ചിരി (ml) (ciri), പൊട്ടിച്ചിരി (ml) (poṭṭicciri)
Maori: kata, ngio, ngio
Marathi: हास्य n (hāsya)
Nepali: हाँस्नु (ne) (hā̃snu)
Norwegian: latter (no) m, lått m
Occitan: ris (oc), risada
Oriya: ହସ (hôsô)
Polish: śmiech (pl) m inan
Portuguese: riso (pt) m, risada (pt) f
Quechua: asiy (qu)
Romanian: râs (ro), râset (ro)
Romansch: riez, riem, riöz
Russian: смех (ru) m (smex), хо́хот (ru) m (xóxot)
Sardinian: rizu, risu, arrisu, errisu
Scots: lauch
Serbo-Croatian: smijȇh (sh) m
Slovak: smiech (sk) m
Slovene: smeh (sl) m
Somali: qosol
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: chachanje, chach

Upper Sorbian: směchi m pl
Spanish: risa (es) f
Swedish: skratt (sv) n
Tagalog: tawa
Telugu: నవ్వు (te) (navvu), హసితము (hasitamu)
Tetum: hamnasa
Ukrainian: сміх m (smix), ре́гіт m (réhit)
Urdu: ہنسی‎ f (hansī)
Venetian: rixo m, ridada f
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: געלעכטער‎ n (gelekhter)
Zazaki: huwate m du
Zealandic: lache

something that provokes mirth or scorn

Albanian: qeshje (sq)
Asturian: risa f
Dolgan: күлүү (külüü)
Dutch: lach (nl) m
Finnish: naurunaihe, vitsi (fi)
Greek:

Ancient: γέλως m (gélōs)
Italian: ludibrio (it) m, derisione (it), disdegno (it) m, ilarità (it) f
Japanese: 笑い物 (waraimono)
Kurdish:

Northern Kurdish: pêkenîn (ku)
Latin: lūdibrium n
Maori: pūhohe
Norwegian: vits (no) m
Portuguese: sarro (pt) m
Russian: смех (ru) m (smex), умо́ра (ru) f (umóra), шу́тка (ru) f (šútka)
Zazaki: huwatış m du

Verb[edit]

laugh (third-person singular simple present laughs, present participle laughing, simple past and past participle laughed)

(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
- 1807, William Wordsworth, “[I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud]”, in Poems, in Two Volumes, volume II, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], →OCLC, stanza 2, page 49:
  
  The waves beside them danced, but they / Outdid the sparkling waves in glee:— / A Poet could not but be gay / In such a laughing company: […]
- 1899, Stephen Crane, Twelve O’Clock:
  
  The roars of laughter which greeted his proclamation were of two qualities; some men laughing because they knew all about cuckoo-clocks, and other men laughing because they had concluded that the eccentric Jake had been victimised by some wise child of civilisation.
- 1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life:
  
  If life seems jolly rotten / There’s something you’ve forgotten / And that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
There were many laughing children running on the school grounds.
(intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
- a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “Of the Pythagorean Philosophy. From the Fifteenth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 51:
  
  The green ſtem grows in ſtature and in ſize, / But only feeds with hope the farmer’s eyes; / Then laughs the childiſh year with flow’rets crowned, / And laviſhly prefumes the fields around, / But no ſubſtantial nouriſhment receives, / Infirm the ſtalks, unſolid are the leaves.
(intransitive, followed by «at») To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
- 1735, Alexander Pope, “Epistle III. To Allen Lord Bathurst.”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, lines 311–314, page 23:
  
  No Wit to flatter, left of all his ſtore! / No Fool to laugh at, which he valued more. / There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, / And fame, this lord of uſeleſs, thouſands ends.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter IV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 71:
  
  There was something about him, Harry, that amused me. He was such a monster. You will laugh at me, I know, but I really went in and paid a whole guinea for the stage-box. To the present day I can’t make out why I did so; […]
- 1967, The Beatles, Penny Lane:
  
  On the corner is a banker with a motorcar / The little children laugh at him behind his back
Don’t laugh at my new hat, man!
(transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 7, column 2:
  
  Will you laugh me aſleepe, for I am very heauy.
(transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.
- 1866, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 8, in Behind a Mask, or A Woman’s Power:
  
  Fairfax addressed her as «my lady,» she laughed her musical laugh, and glanced up at a picture of Gerald with eyes full of exultation.
- 1906, Jack London, Moon-Face:
  
  «You refuse to take me seriously,» Lute said, when she had laughed her appreciation. «How can I take that Planchette rigmarole seriously?»

Usage notes[edit]

The simple past tense forms laught, laugh’d and low and the past participles laught, laugh’d and laughen also exist, but are obsolete.

Conjugation[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

(show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face): cackle, chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, snicker, snigger, titter
See also Thesaurus:laugh

Antonyms[edit]

(show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face): cry, weep

Coordinate terms[edit]

(show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face): cry, frown, scowl, smile

Derived terms[edit]

belaugh
belly-laugh
burst out laughing
don’t make me laugh
he who laughs last laughs best
he who laughs last laughs longest
laugh all the way to the bank
laugh at
laugh away
laugh down
laugh in someone’s face
laugh in the sleeve
laugh like a drain
laugh like a hyena
laugh off
laugh on the other side of one’s face
laugh one out of
laugh one’s head off
laugh out of the other corner of the mouth, laugh out of the other side of the mouth
laugh to scorn
laugh track
laugh up one’s sleeve
laugh with
laughable
laugher
laughing (adjective)
laughingly
LOL
outlaugh
ROTFL
unlaugh
you’re having a laugh
you’ve got to laugh

[edit]

laughster
laughter

Translations[edit]

show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds

Afrikaans: lag (af)
Albanian: qesh (sq)
Amharic: ሣቀ (śaḳä)
Andi: волълъиду (vollˢidu)
Arabic: ضَحِكَ‎ (ar) (ḍaḥika)

Egyptian Arabic: ضحك‎ (ḍiḥik)
Aramaic:

Classical Syriac: ܓܚܟ‎ (gəḥaḵ, gəḥeḵ)
Armenian: ծիծաղել (hy) (cicałel)
Aromanian: arãdu
Assamese: হঁহা (hõha), হাঁহা (hãha) (Central Assam), হাহোঁন (hahü̃n)
Asturian: rir, rise
Avar: велъизе (welˢize)
Aymara: laruña
Azerbaijani: gülmək (az)
Bashkir: көлөү (kölöw)
Basque: barre egin
Belarusian: смяя́цца impf (smjajácca), рагата́ць impf (rahatácʹ) (loudly)
Bengali: উপহাস করা (upohaś kora), হাসা (haśa)
Breton: c’hoarzin
Bulgarian: сме́я се impf (sméja se)
Burmese: ရယ် (my) (rai)
Catalan: riure (ca)
Cebuano: katawa
Chechen: дела (dela)
Cherokee: ᎤᏰᏘᏍᎦ (uyetisga)
Chickasaw: ollali
Chinese:

Cantonese: 笑 (yue) (siu³)

Dungan: щё (xi͡o)

Gan: 笑 (xieu⁴)

Hakka: 笑 (seu)

Jin: 笑 (xiau³)

Mandarin: 笑 (zh) (xiào), 發笑／发笑 (zh) (fāxiào)

Min Bei: 笑 (sia̿u)

Min Dong: 笑 (chiéu)

Min Nan: 笑 (zh-min-nan) (chhiò / chhiàu / siàu)

Wu: 笑 (xiau)

Xiang: 笑 (siau⁴)
Czech: smát se
Dalmatian: redro
Danish: le (da), grine (da)
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dolgan: күл (kül)
Dutch: lachen (nl)
Elfdalian: läa
Esperanto: ridi (eo)
Estonian: naerma (et)
Even: инин- (iņin-)
Evenki: инеми (iņemi)
Ewe: ko nu
Extremaduran: riyil
Fang (Bantu): -weñ
Faroese: flenna (fo), grína (fo), læa (fo)
Finnish: nauraa (fi)
French: rire (fr)
Friulian: ridi
Galician: rir (gl)
Georgian: გაცინება (gacineba), სიცილი (sicili)
German: lachen (de)

Alemannic German: lache
Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hlahjan)
Greek: γελάω (el) (geláo), γελώ (el) (geló)

Ancient: γελάω (geláō)
Greenlandic: illarpoq, illaatigaa (transitive), illarpoq
Guaraní: puka
Haitian Creole: ri
Hausa: dāra
Hawaiian: ʻakaʻaka, ‘aka
Hebrew: צָחַק‎ (he) (tsakhák)
Hindi: हँसना (hi) (hãsnā), हंसना (hansnā)
Hungarian: nevet (hu)
Icelandic: hlæja (is)
Ido: ridar (io)
Indonesian: tertawa (id)
Ingrian: nagraa
Ingush: вела (vela)
Interlingua: rider
Irish: gáir, déan gáire
Italian: ridere (it)
Japanese: 笑う (ja) (わらう, warau)
Javanese: guyu (jv)
Kashmiri: اَسُن‎ (asun)
Kashubian: smiôc
Kazakh: күлу (kk) (külu)
Khmer: សើច (km) (saəc)
Kongo: kuseka
Korean: 웃다 (ko) (utda)
Kumyk: кюлемек (külemek)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: پێکەنین‎ (ckb) (pêkenîn)

Northern Kurdish: kenîn (ku)
Kyrgyz: күлүү (ky) (külüü)
Lao: ສວນ (lo) (sūan), ຫົວ (hūa)
Latin: rīdeō (la)
Latvian: smieties, smiet
Lithuanian: juoktis
Luganda: -seka
Luxembourgish: laachen
Lü: ᦷᦃ (ẋo)
Macedonian: се смее impf (se smee)
Malay: tawa, ketawa (ms), gelak (ms)
Malayalam: പൊട്ടിച്ചിരിക്കുക (poṭṭiccirikkuka), അട്ടഹസിക്കുക (ml) (aṭṭahasikkuka)
Manchu: ᡳᠨᠵᡝᠮᠪᡳ (injembi)
Maori: kata, ngio
Marathi: हसणे (mr) (hasaṇe)
Mauritian Creole: riye
Middle English: laughen
Mirandese: rir
Mizo: nui
Mongolian: инээх (mn) (ineex)
Nanai: инэктэури
Nepali: हाँस्नु (ne) (hā̃snu)
Ngunawal: birrigai
Norman: rithe
Northern Sami: čaibmat
Norwegian: le (no), skratte
Occitan: rire (oc), rider (oc), arríder (oc)
Ojibwe: baapi
Old Church Slavonic:

Cyrillic: смиꙗти сѧ impf (smijati sę)
Old East Slavic: смиꙗти сꙗ impf (smijati sja), смѣꙗти сꙗ impf (smějati sja)
Old English: hliehhan
Old Occitan: ridre
Oriya: ହସିବା (hôsiba)
Oromo: kolfuu
Ossetian: худын (xudyn)
Ottoman Turkish: گولمك‎ (gülmek)
Pashto: خندل‎ (ps) (xandᶕl)
Persian: خندیدن‎ (fa) (xandidan)
Polish: śmiać się (pl) impf, rechotać (pl) impf (loudly, can be reflexive)
Portuguese: rir (pt)
Punjabi: ਹੱਸਣਾ (hassaṇā)
Quechua: asiy (qu)
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Rapa Nui: kata
Romani: asal
Romanian: râde (ro)
Romansch: rir, reir, rier
Russian: смея́ться (ru) impf (smejátʹsja), рассмея́ться (ru) pf (rassmejátʹsja), хохота́ть (ru) impf (xoxotátʹ), ржать (ru) impf (ržatʹ) (low colloquial), регота́ть (ru) (regotátʹ) (regional)
Samoan: ‘ata
Sanskrit: हसति (hasati)
Sardinian: risulare, ridere, arriere, riere
Scots: please add this translation if you can
Scottish Gaelic: dèan gàire
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: смејати се, смијати се

Roman: smejati se, smijati se (sh)
Sicilian: rìdiri (scn), arrìdiri (scn)
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: හිනා වෙනවා (hinā wenawā)
Slovak: smiať sa impf
Slovene: smejati impf
Somali: qoslid
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: smjaś se impf

Upper Sorbian: so smjeć impf, so zasmjeć pf
Spanish: reír (es)
Sundanese: gumujeng
Swedish: skratta (sv)
Tajik: хандидан (tg) (xandidan)
Tamil: சிரி (ta) (ciri)
Tatar: көлергә (tt) (kölergä)
Tausug: katawa
Telugu: నవ్వు (te) (navvu)
Ternate: hohe
Tetum: hanasa
Thai: ขำ (th) (kǎm), หัวเราะ (th) (hǔua-rɔ́)
Tibetan: གད་མོ་ཤོར་བ (gad mo shor ba)
Tongan: kata
Turkish: gülmek (tr)
Turkmen: gülmek
Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎈𐎖 (ṣḥq)
Ukrainian: смія́тися impf (smijátysja), регота́ти impf (rehotáty) (loudly)
Urdu: ہنسنا‎ (hãsnā)
Uyghur: كۈلمەك‎ (külmek)
Uzbek: kulmoq (uz)
Venetian: rìdar
Vietnamese: cười (vi)
Volapük: smilön (vo)
Walloon: rire (wa)
Welsh: chwerthin (cy)
West Frisian: laitsje
West Makian: ae
Wolof: rea
Xhosa: hleka
Yagnobi: хантак (xantak)
Yiddish: לאַכן‎ (lakhn)
Yoruba: rerin
Zazaki: huwayen
Zhuang: hu, riu
Zulu: hleka

be or appear cheerful

Albanian: gazmor (sq)
Chickasaw: ollali
Czech: smát se
Danish: smile (da), grine (da)
Dutch: lachen (nl)
Finnish: iloita (fi), nauraa (fi)
German: lachen (de)
Greek: γελάω (el) (geláo)
Icelandic: hlæja (is)
Ido: ridar (io)
Kurdish:

Northern Kurdish: kenîn (ku)
Middle English: laughen
Norwegian: le (no)
Portuguese: jubilar (pt)
Quechua: chikchiy
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: smjaś se impf

Upper Sorbian: so smjeć
Zazaki: huwen

make an object of laughter or ridicule

Ainu: エミナ (emina)
Albanian: tall (sq), përqesh (sq)
Armenian: ծիծաղել (hy) (cicałel)
Bashkir: көлөү (kölöw)
Bulgarian: осмивам (bg) (osmivam)
Catalan: riure’s de
Chinese:

Cantonese: 笑 (yue) (siu³)

Mandarin: 嘲笑 (zh) (cháoxiào)
Czech: posmívat se
Danish: le ad, gøre (da) sig (da) lystig over (da)
Dutch: lachen (nl), uitlachen (nl)
Finnish: pilkata (fi), nauraa (fi)
French: se rire de (fr), se moquer de (fr)
German: auslachen (de)
Greek: γελάω (el) (geláo)
Hawaiian: ʻakaʻaka
Icelandic: hlæja (is)
Ido: mokar (io)
Japanese: 笑い飛ばす (warai tobasu), 嘲笑う (ja) (あざわらう, azawarau)
Kurdish:

Northern Kurdish: pê kenîn (ku)
Latin: rīdēre (la)
Macedonian: се потсмева (se potsmeva), исмејува (ismejuva)
Malayalam: പരിഹസിക്കുക (ml) (parihasikkuka)
Mizo: nuihzat, nuihsawh, nuih
Norwegian: le (no)
Old English: āhliehhan
Polish: wyśmiewać (pl), obśmiewać
Portuguese: zoar (pt), tirar sarro, caçoar (pt), escarnecer (pt)
Romanian: râde de
Russian: смея́ться (ru) impf (smejátʹsja), насмеха́ться (ru) impf (nasmexátʹsja), высме́ивать (ru) impf (vysméivatʹ), вы́смеять (ru) pf (výsmejatʹ)
Slovene: zasmehovati
Spanish: reírse de (es)
Swedish: skratta (sv)
Zazaki: pey huwen

Translations to be checked

Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} lag (af)
Breton: ^{(please verify)} c’hoarzhin (br)
Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} puka
Ido: ^{(please verify)} ridar (io)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} tertawa (id)
Kurdish:

Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} kenîn (ku), ^{(please verify)} kenandin (ku)
Maori: ^{(please verify)} kata
Old English: ^{(please verify)} hlæhhan, ^{(please verify)} hliehhan
Samoan: ^{(please verify)} ‘ata
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} smijati (sh)
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} smiech (sk), ^{(please verify)} rehot
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} kucheka
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} నవ్వు (te) (navvu)
Tongan: ^{(please verify)} kata
Tupinambá: ^{(please verify)} puká
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} gülmek (tr)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} cười (vi)

Note: the following were in a translation table for «be or appear gay», which, given the modern meanings, is misleading; the title of this table has now been changed to «be or appear cheerful». The translations therefore need to be checked.

Slovene: ^{(please verify)} nasmejan (biti)

Anagrams[edit]

Aghul

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

laugh

Alternative form of lawe

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verb (used without object)

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 usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.

to experience the emotion so expressed: He laughed inwardly at the scene.

to produce a sound resembling human laughter: A coyote laughed in the dark.

verb (used with object)

to drive, put, bring, etc., by or with laughter (often followed by out, away, down, etc.): They laughed him out of town. We laughed away our troubles.

to utter with laughter: He laughed his consent.

noun

the act or sound of laughing; laughter.

an expression of mirth, derision, etc., by laughing.

Informal. something that provokes laughter, amusement, or ridicule: After all the advance publicity, the prizefight turned out to be a laugh.

laughs, Informal. fun; amusement.

Verb Phrases

laugh at,

to make fun of; deride; ridicule: They were laughing at him, not along with him.
to be scornful of; reject: They stopped laughing at the unusual theory when it was found to be predictive.
to find sympathetic amusement in; regard with humor: We can learn to laugh a little at even our most serious foibles.

laugh off, to dismiss as ridiculous, trivial, or hollow: He had received threats but laughed them off as the work of a crank.

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Idioms about laugh

have the last laugh, to prove ultimately successful after a seeming defeat or loss: She smiled slyly, because she knew she would yet have the last laugh on them.

laugh it up, to laugh or joke in a hearty way: He was laughing it up with his friends.

laugh out of court, to dismiss or depreciate by means of ridicule; totally scorn: His violent protests were laughed out of court by the others.

laugh out of the other side of one’s mouth, to undergo a chastening reversal, as of glee or satisfaction that is premature; be ultimately chagrined, punished, etc.; cry: She’s proud of her promotion, but she’ll laugh out of the other side of her mouth when the work piles up.Also laugh on the wrong side of one’s mouth / face.

Origin of laugh

First recorded before 900; Middle English laughen, Old English hlæh(h)an (Anglian); cognate with Dutch, German lachen, Old Norse hlǣja, Gothic hlahjan

synonym study for laugh

6. Laugh, chuckle, grin, smile refer to methods of expressing mirth, appreciation of humor, etc. A laugh may be a sudden, voiceless exhalation, but is usually an audible sound, either soft or loud: a hearty laugh. Chuckle suggests a barely audible series of sounds expressing private amusement or satisfaction: a delighted chuckle. A smile is a (usually pleasant) lighting up of the face and an upward curving of the corners of the lips (which may or may not be open); it may express amusement or mere recognition, friendliness, etc.: a courteous smile. A grin, in which the teeth are usually visible, is like an exaggerated smile, less controlled in expressing the feelings: a friendly grin.

OTHER WORDS FROM laugh

outlaugh, verb (used with object)

Words nearby laugh

Laudianism, lauds, Laue, Laue diagram, Lauenburg, laugh, laughable, laugh all the way to the bank, laugh and the world laughs with you, Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone, laugh at

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Words related to laugh

chuckle, giggle, grin, howl, roar, scream, shriek, snicker, snort, whoop, laughter, burst, cachinnate, chortle, convulsed, crack up, crow, fracture, guffaw, titter

How to use laugh in a sentence

It’s impossible not to think about the people who are missing, impossible not to hear their voices and their laughs or to remember the personality quirks that made them unique.
“One of the best medicines at the moment is having a laugh and having some fun, even if it’s just for five minutes,” McCarthy said.
Implicit in the forum’s bargain, and its name, was that these trades were all high-risk, high-reward bets from traders doing it for the laughs.
Going all in on expensive ad inventory and a message played for laughs or other emotions might fall flat in a very turbulent cultural context, especially given that you have to lock your message months if not weeks in advance.

At last, after all the laughs at their expense, after all the coaching changes and front-office shake-ups, after an endless search for a reliable quarterback and sensible plan, they have some hope.
I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.
Hopefully, she got as much of a laugh out of it as the rest of the world has.
We love to laugh at Kim and Company because it distracts our souls from the horrific reality of their hermetic regime.
Ramone, who turned to religion while trying to kick drugs, would probably approve (and laugh a little, too).
First we laugh, then we begin to wonder why the man was so distracted that he didn’t notice he’d taken the doorknob with him.
He burst into a loud laugh, clapped his hands, and danced before the delighted babe.
Miss Christabel blushed furiously and emitted a sound half between a laugh and a scream.
Soon after they parted, with a sarcastic laugh from the Spaniard, and Ma’amselle mingled with the crowd.
«I verily believe they’re gone to look at my button,» cried Davy, beginning to laugh, in spite of his fears.
This was somewhat tiresome; and, after a rather feeble attempt at a third laugh, Davy said, «I don’t feel like it any more.»

British Dictionary definitions for laugh

verb

(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 open

(intr) (esp of certain mammals or birds) to make a noise resembling a laugh

(tr) to utter or express with laughterhe laughed his derision at the play

(tr) to bring or force (someone, esp oneself) into a certain condition by laughterhe laughed himself sick

(intr foll by at) to make fun (of); jeer (at)

(intr foll by over) to read or discuss something with laughter

don’t make me laugh informal I don’t believe you for a moment

laugh all the way to the bank informal to be unashamedly pleased at making a lot of money

laugh in a person’s face to show open contempt or defiance towards a person

laugh like a drain informal to laugh loudly and coarsely

laugh up one’s sleeve to laugh or have grounds for amusement, self-satisfaction, etc, secretly

laugh on the other side of one’s face to show sudden disappointment or shame after appearing cheerful or confident

be laughing informal to be in a favourable situation

noun

the act or an instance of laughing

a manner of laughter

informal a person or thing that causes laughterthat holiday was a laugh

the last laugh the final success in an argument, situation, etc, after previous defeat

Derived forms of laugh

laugher, nounlaughing, noun, adjectivelaughingly, adverb

Word Origin for laugh

Old English læhan, hliehhen; related to Gothic hlahjan, Dutch lachen

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Other Idioms and Phrases with laugh

In addition to the idioms beginning with laugh

laugh all the way to the bank
laugh and the world laughs with you
laugh at
laughing matter
laugh off
laugh one’s head off
laugh out of court
laugh out of the other side of one’s mouth
laugh up one’s sleeve

also see:

canned laughter
die laughing
it’s to laugh
last laugh
no joke (laughing matter)
shake with laughter

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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Other forms: laughed; laughing; laughs

To let out a chuckle or giggle is to laugh: people laugh when something is funny.

To chortle, cackle, guffaw, or titter is to laugh. The job of a comedian is to make people laugh. Often people laugh at things that aren’t supposed to be funny, and people also laugh to be polite. If something is silly, you can say «That’s a laugh!» If you had fun at a party, you can say «Thanks for the laughs.» Everybody’s laugh sounds a little different. It would be a shame if your laugh sounded like Elmer Fudd.

Definitions of laugh

synonyms:

express joy, express mirth

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Antonyms:

cry, weep

shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

cry

bring into a particular state by crying

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bray

laugh loudly and harshly

bellylaugh

laugh a deep, hearty laugh

howl, roar

laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

snicker, snigger

laugh quietly

giggle, titter

laugh nervously

break up, crack up

laugh unrestrainedly

cackle

emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing

guffaw, laugh loudly

laugh boisterously

chortle, chuckle, laugh softly

laugh quietly or with restraint

convulse

be overcome with laughter

cachinnate

laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way

type of:

express emotion, express feelings

give verbal or other expression to one’s feelings
noun

the sound of laughing
noun

a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing

“his face wrinkled in a silent
laugh of derision”
noun

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

“thanks for the
laugh”

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gag, jape, jest, joke

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belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow

a joke that seems extremely funny

blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story

an indelicate joke

ethnic joke

a joke at the expense of some ethnic group

funny, funny remark, funny story, good story

an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)

in-joke

a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people

one-liner

a one-line joke

shaggy dog story

a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness

sick joke

a joke in bad taste

sight gag, visual joke

a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)

type of:

humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

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Britannica Dictionary definition of LAUGH

[no object]

to show that you are happy or that you think something is funny by smiling and making a sound from your throat

What are you laughing about?
The audience was laughing hysterically.
I’ve never laughed so hard in my life.
I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw what he was wearing.
I laughed out loud when I saw him.
I burst out laughing. [=I suddenly started laughing]
He laughed so hard I thought he’d die laughing.
The movie was hilarious. We laughed our heads off.
I laughed until I cried. [=I laughed so much that tears came out of my eyes]
(Brit) She was laughing like a drain. [=she was laughing very hard]
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry [=I was surprised and shocked] when she told me she was getting married.
It’s no laughing matter when you lose your job. [=it’s a serious and important thing that people should not joke about]

— often + at

She laughed at the joke.
Why is everyone laughing at me?

[no object]

to think or say that someone or something is foolish and does not deserve serious attention or respect

— usually + at

People laughed at his predictions of disaster, but no one’s laughing now.

to not be bothered by something

— + at

Sitting inside their tent, they were able to laugh at the weather.
He laughed at danger.

[+ object]

to say (something) in an amused way

“I’ve never seen anything so ridiculous,” he laughed.

[+ object]

to cause (someone) to go, move, etc., by laughing

The audience laughed the singer off the stage.
They laughed him out of town.
He laughed himself sick. [=he made himself sick by laughing too much]

◊ Someone or something that is laughed out of court or (US) laughed out of town is regarded as very foolish and is not accepted or treated in a serious way.

His theories were laughed out of court.

be laughing

British, informal

to be in a very good situation with nothing to worry about

If they can just close this important deal, they’ll be laughing! [=they’ll be on easy street]

don’t make me laugh

informal

— used as a response to a statement that you think is very wrong or foolish

“I could beat you at chess easily.” “Don’t make me laugh.”

have to laugh

◊ If you say you have to laugh about something, you mean that it is amusing in a certain way, even if it is also unpleasant or foolish.

I had to laugh when I found out that our luggage had been lost. What else could go wrong?

he who laughs last, laughs best

he laughs best that laughs last

— used to say that even if you are not successful now you still succeed or win in the end

laugh all the way to the bank

to make a lot of money especially by doing something that other people thought was foolish or amusing

People thought his invention was ridiculous, but now he’s laughing all the way to the bank.

laughing hyena, laughing like a hyena

—

see hyena

laugh in someone’s face

to laugh directly at someone in a way that shows disrespect

When I asked for his help he laughed in my face.

laugh (something) off

laugh off (something)

to laugh about or make jokes about (something) in order to make people think it is not serious or important

The candidate laughed off the question about his marriage.
The injury was serious, but he laughed it off.

laugh on the other side of your face

— used to say that a situation will change and someone will stop being happy or pleased

You’ll be laughing on the other side of your face when I’ve finished with you!

laugh up your sleeve

to be secretly happy about or amused by something (such as someone else’s trouble)

The mayor’s critics were laughing up their sleeves when news of the scandal was first reported.

— laugher

/ˈlæfɚ/
Brit
/ˈlɑːfɚ/

noun,

plural

laughers

[count]

Britannica Dictionary definition of LAUGH

[count]

the act or sound of laughing

He gave a loud laugh.
a nervous laugh
I kept telling jokes, but I couldn’t get a laugh. [=make people laugh]
a joke that always gets a big laugh
He’ll do anything for a laugh. [=to make people laugh]
I thought her report was good for a laugh [=was amusing], but it didn’t have much helpful information.
She’s always good for a laugh. [=she always makes people laugh; she is a funny person]
It seemed awful at the time, but we had a (good) laugh about it afterward. [=we laughed about it afterward]

informal

[count]

something that causes laughter

something funny or foolish

The movie has a lot of laughs.
You’re going to be a movie star? That’s a laugh.

[singular]

chiefly British

a funny person

He’s a real laugh.

a laugh a minute

informal

someone or something that is very funny

That guy is a laugh a minute.
The movie is a laugh a minute.

for laughs

informal

or chiefly British

for a laugh

for amusement

The children were saying every word backward, just for laughs.

play for laughs

—

see ¹play

the last laugh

◊ If you have/get the last laugh, you finally succeed or win after people laughed at or doubted you.

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A man, to laugh well, must be an honest man — mind, I say _laugh_: when Shakspeare says ❋ Various (N/A)

… Is Wagner’s “Parsifal” his secret laugh of superiority at himself, the triumph of his last and most exalted state of artistic freedom, of artistic transcendence — is it Wagner able to _laugh_ at himself? ❋ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1872)

But intriguingly, it appears that the laughter of prehistoric people is echoed in the word laugh. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

Telling a joke that fails to deliver a laugh is also a violation of one of the many unspoken social contracts that govern our interactions with each other. ❋ Ewillett (2009)

I bet her laugh is the most awesome sound I could hear today, just watching her is awesome! ❋ Unknown (2008)

In fact the laugh is at the expense of those who deploy the word. ❋ Unknown (2002)

She has a sexy, hearty voice, but her laugh is all little girl. ❋ Unknown (2001)

THIS house seems to be the house of joy; every face wears a smile, and a laugh is at every body’s service. ❋ Unknown (1778)

Buster was cracking up while we read a peekaboo book together, and I managed to get a little video of him — listening to him laugh is just amazing. ❋ Kittenpie (2009)

I got a good laugh from the roondoop story and also Chris ‘story about the «hills». ❋ Unknown (2010)

That laugh is from children outside, not my sons, thousands of miles away. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The biggest laugh is that after all this tooing and frowing, paperwork, negotiation and time spent the offence still has to be recorded and then closed UNDETECTED as no CJ disposal is recorded. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

No one laughs except for Heidi and AJ, and I suspect AJ’s laugh is one of disbelief, because he looks up at Ivy, who makes this face: ❋ Una LaMarche (2010)

I, almost, always get a belly laugh from the stupid POS trying to disguise himself like a thief in the night. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What makes me laugh is that a GOOD, LEGITIMATE “interviewer” usually LISTENS to the reply after asking a question in order to create follow-up questions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The other one that makes me laugh is that post-production ‘fake-3D’ is worse than films genuinely shot in 3D. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Have you noticed these guys laugh from the heart, not just the diaphragm. ❋ Unknown (2009)

«In the first place, I cannot see you,» I said, and I could hear his gleeful laugh from the midst of the emptiness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dude1: Oh [dude look] at that smile it’s totally [orgasming]
Dude2: That’s called [a laugh]… ❋ Brenden H (2006)

I laughed [so hard] [last night]! ❋ The Human Being/Person (2016)

[Comedy] is [supposed to] [make] u laugh ❋ Clarrissa Langley (2004)

[the girl] told [a joke] and everyone [starting] laughing ❋ Kristy!? (2009)

[Wow], I’m [laughing so hard] [right now]! ❋ TheThotBoi (2018)

Jack:L! Lovers, A! Ass, U!…You!,G! Gamer *Duh* and H! is for Happy! put em together what do [y’all] get? what do ya get? what do ya get? *[Slaps] the [whiteboard]* LAUGH! ❋ Harry-Peter (2019)

Person 1: [Layth] Faddah should be the Laughing. Owner
Person 2: That joke is so bad I’m Laughing. So hard [rn]
Person 3: you are a [uneducated swine] person 1 ❋ The Laughing. Owner (2020)

We were taking random [selfies] that’s one came out [so wrong] we started [laughing] ❋ Wassupcat (2015)

eg. 1: The [forecast] predicted rain for our [camping trip], but the weather turned out to be so gorgeous we were laughing.
eg. 2: While waiting at emergency, I was upset over my ankle injury. But then when I saw the paramedics bring in a 7-year-old girl covered all over with first-degree burns, I realized [I should be] laughing. ❋ GarthF (2005)

Person 1: Did you see Jessica [Simpsons] [wardrobe malfunction]?! lol
Person 2: *[laughs]* of course! ❋ Robot Cupcake (2011)

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A three-month-old baby laughing

A group of people laughing

A laugh is a way of showing happiness. It is a vocal sound which a person makes when something is funny, like a joke, or a tickle.

Sometimes people laugh when they are not happy. When people are ashamed or embarrassed, sometimes they react by laughing.

There are different ways to laugh. A person can laugh using mostly their voice, mostly their throat, or mostly their nose.

You can write a laugh in different ways. Some people write «ha ha ha», or «he he he», or «hehe». If they are on the internet, they also use «LOL». «LOL» does not sound like a laugh, but it stands for Laughing Out Loud.

Human babies first laugh at the age of around three or four months, usually as an expression of surprise. Babies’ laughter often produces a positive response in adults who will involuntarily copy the child. Video footage, on the YouTube site, of babies laughing was shown to Queen Elizabeth II during her visit, on 16 October 2008, to the Google headquarters, where both she and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh were reduced to ‘fits of giggles’.^[1]

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↑ «Queen visits google and is amused by laughing child». Archived from the original on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2018-04-01.

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be laughing

don’t make me laugh

have to laugh

he who laughs last, laughs best

laugh all the way to the bank

laughing hyena, laughing like a hyena

laugh in someone’s face

laugh on the other side of your face

laugh up your sleeve

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a laugh a minute

for laughs

play for laughs

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