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laugh English

Meaning laugh meaning

What does laugh mean?
Definitions in simple English

laugh Verb

— Someone laughs when they make a sound with their mouth because they think something is funny. It can sound like "ha ha", "ho ho", "hee hee", etc. That was a really good joke. I've never laughed so hard!

laugh Noun

— The sound of someone laughing, or the action of laughing. We had lots of good laughs at the party. I heard a laugh in the other room and went to see what they were laughing at.

laugh

— verb produce laughter — noun the sound of laughing — noun a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision — noun (= joke, gag, jest, jape) 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

Synonyms laugh synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as laugh?

laugh English » English

smile laughter joke giggle ridicule chuckle titter laughing chortle cackle snigger laugh at snicker guffaw mock grin fun scorn roar jest gag express joy deride the sound of laughter joy jape ha-ha ha ha frolic express mirth be in stitches yuks tease taunt take charge stubbornness split one’s sides sneer shout with laughter scream scoff at riot rejoice pleased pleasantry play out of spite out of obstinacy

Topics laugh topics

What do people use laugh to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Like, love

Enjoy doing something
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Mock

Conjugation laugh conjugation

How do you conjugate laugh?

laugh · verb

Examples laugh examples

How do I use laugh in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I don't know whether to cry or to laugh.
Please don't laugh at me.
Don't laugh at him.
Laugh with them.
Her laugh was a lie that concealed her sorrow.
Machines may one day think, but they'll never laugh.
Tom started to laugh.
Tom has a very distinctive laugh and, even in a crowd, can be heard above everybody else.
Tom probably won't laugh.
People would laugh at any child who did something like that.
Laugh as often as you can.
Tom is afraid that Mary will laugh at him.
I knew that Tom would laugh.
I hope Tom won't laugh at me.
You may laugh at me.
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
What makes you laugh like that?
How dare you laugh at me!
If you do such a foolish thing, people will laugh at you.
It is not a matter to laugh about.
There was hardly anyone who didn't laugh when the singer fell off the stage.
In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
This book gave me a good laugh.
It is not good manners to laugh at someone when he makes mistakes.
A teacher should never laugh at his students' mistakes.
Don't laugh at him for making a mistake.
Don't make me laugh.
The girls began to laugh.

Movie subtitles

I hope you all had a good laugh.
Don't say things that make me laugh.
You laugh, but who likes a dusty potato?
BOTH LAUGH That's very good.
I love to see you laugh after a hard day.
Oh Julia, you do make me laugh.
So I learned to laugh most things off, cause it hurts too much to do anything else.
To be kind, to be thoughtful, make you laugh, to make you love him.
Look and laugh!
To live, laugh and indulge themselves in the lap of luxury.
The attendant of Box Five will not laugh when you ask about the opera ghost!
Me, it makes me laugh.
They laugh because you make them laugh.
You shouldn't laugh.
Don't make me laugh.
Carlotta's silvery laugh a while ago, but probably it was a delusion.
The gods look down and laugh.
If he had a mother-in-law like mine, he would never laugh.
Everybody'll laugh at Scabby's story.
Well, you ain't got much longer to laugh.
Laugh all you like.
You would not laugh if you lived here.
Go on, laugh, you hyena.
I had to laugh when I heard about that.
Back in the club, how you kids used to laugh at that song.
We'll see who has the last laugh!
Why are you so silent and never laugh?
What do you laugh, eh?
Let him laugh.
He's so dumb he don't know that he who laughs last lasts laugh.
Fannie, I tell you, will you laugh.
Dot sure would get a laugh out of this.
What a laugh!
Don't laugh, Lucienne.
Don't laugh like that, Lucienne.

News and current affairs

There is even a league table of the world's funniest jokes (I did not laugh much).
All too often, they prefer bad jokes - until the last laugh is on them.
What is immediately striking is Clinton's youthful appearance, bright laugh, and blue eyes that appear a little too round when she gazes at us with curiosity.
Mubarak's Last Laugh?
For this reason, I cannot laugh at him.
As he lay bandaged, I told stories that made him laugh.
Wouldn't you laugh (maybe in private, to avoid being impolite) at someone who pays more than 200 times as much as you do, and ends up with an inferior product?
It is said that the best way to seduce a woman is to make her laugh.
Indeed, many Chinese officials privately laugh at Mr. Tung and his cronies sycophantic behavior and are increasingly confident that the mainland has nothing to learn from Hong Kong's example.
Laugh and dance in harmony.
Still, however gloomy the outlook, we do stagger on - the flowers still bloom, the breeze stirs the trees, the birds sing, and children laugh.
The consolation is that trying to rely on such an escape clause in most atrocity cases would not pass the laugh test.
But, as long as interest rates remain low and growth high, Americans can laugh at predictions that their excesses are laying the seeds of ruin.
It is said that the best way to seduce a woman is to make her laugh. Perhaps the same is true with societies.
The bankers will laugh, while politicians wail and gnash their teeth.

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