play for a laugh

play Verb

— To do things for amusement. Children like to play all day. — If you play a musical instrument, you make music using it. He plays guitar in a rock and roll band.

play Noun

— Something a group of actors does, in a theatre, for people to watch. The actors on the stage had clothes with bright colors.

for Preposition

— shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function This cake is for you. This is a net for catching fish. — For is used to show the reason for something He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.

for Subordinator

— For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive It's not good for you to be too relaxed.

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

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.