'Laugh' definitions:

Definition of 'laugh'

(from WordNet)
noun
The sound of laughing [syn: laugh, laughter]
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; "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" [syn: joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape]
verb
Produce laughter [syn: laugh, express joy, express mirth] [ant: cry, weep]

Definition of 'Laugh'

From: GCIDE
  • Laugh \Laugh\, n. An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i. [1913 Webster]
  • And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh. --F. W. Robertson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Laugh'

From: GCIDE
  • Laugh \Laugh\ (l[aum]f), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laughed (l[aum]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Laughing.] [OE. laughen, laghen, lauhen, AS. hlehhan, hlihhan, hlyhhan, hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G. lachen, OHG. hlahhan, lahhan, lahh[=e]n, Icel. hl[ae]ja,W Dan. lee, Sw. le, Goth. hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • He laugheth that winneth. --Heywood's Prov. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. [1913 Webster]
  • Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets crowned. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • To laugh at, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride. [1913 Webster]
  • No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. --Pope.
  • To laugh in the sleeve, To laugh up one's sleeve, to laugh secretly, or so as not to be observed, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at.
  • To laugh out, to laugh in spite of some restraining influence; to laugh aloud.
  • To laugh out of the other corner of the mouth or {To laugh out of the other side of the mouth}, to weep or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or exaltation. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Laugh'

From: GCIDE
  • Laugh \Laugh\, v. t.
  • 1. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. [1913 Webster]
  • Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • I shall laugh myself to death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out. [1913 Webster]
  • From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To laugh away. (a) To drive away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret. (b) To waste in hilarity. "Pompey doth this day laugh away his fortune." --Shak.
  • To laugh down. (a) To cause to cease or desist by laughter; as, to laugh down a speaker. (b) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule; as, to laugh down a reform.
  • To laugh one out of, to cause one by laughter or ridicule to abandon or give up; as, to laugh one out of a plan or purpose.
  • To laugh to scorn, to deride; to treat with mockery, contempt, and scorn; to despise. [1913 Webster]

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