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laugh  (lf, 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. Informal Fun; amusement. Often used in the plural: went along just for laughs.

Phrasal Verbs:

laugh at

To treat lightly; scoff at: a daredevil who laughed at danger.

laugh off/away

To dismiss as ridiculously or laughably trivial: laughed off any suggestion that her career was over.

Idioms:

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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laugher n.

laughing·ly adv.

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laugh

Verb

1. to express amusement or happiness by producing a series of inarticulate sounds

2. to utter or express with laughter: he laughed his derision at the play

3. to bring or force (oneself) into a certain condition by laughter: laughing herself silly

4. laugh at to make fun of; jeer at

5. laugh up one's sleeve to laugh secretly

Noun

1. the act or an instance of laughing

2. Informal a person or thing that causes laughter: he's a laugh, that one

3. the last laugh final success after previous defeat

See also laugh off [Old English læhan, hliehhen]

laughingly adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	laugh - the sound of laughing laughter utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication cachinnation - loud convulsive laughter cackle - a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle chortle, chuckle - a soft partly suppressed laugh giggle - a foolish or nervous laugh belly laugh, guffaw - a burst of deep loud hearty laughter ha-ha, haw-haw, hee-haw, horselaugh - a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing snicker, snigger, snort - a disrespectful laugh titter - a nervous restrained laugh
	2.	laugh - a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing; "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision" facial expression, facial gesture - a gesture executed with the facial muscles
	3.	laugh - 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" gag, jape, jest, joke humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line - the point of a joke or humorous story howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream - 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); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" 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)
Verb	1.	laugh - produce laughter express joy, express mirth 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; "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom" crack up, break 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 express emotion, express feelings - give verbal or other expression to one's feelings blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, roast, rib - subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" laugh away, laugh off - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems" laugh away, laugh off - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems" weep, cry - shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"

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laugh

verb 1. chuckle, giggle, snigger, crack up (informal) cackle, chortle, guffaw, titter, roar, bust a gut (informal) be convulsed (informal) be in stitches, crease up (informal) split your sides, be rolling in the aisles (informal)

noun 2. chortle, giggle, chuckle, snigger, guffaw, titter, belly laugh, roar or shriek

noun 3. (Informal) joke, scream (informal) hoot (informal) lark, prank

noun 4. (Informal) clown, character (informal) scream (informal) comic, caution (informal) wit, comedian, entertainer, card (informal) wag, joker, hoot (informal) humorist

laugh at something or someone make fun of, mock, tease, ridicule, taunt, jeer, deride, scoff at, belittle, lampoon, take the mickey out of (informal) pour scorn on, make a mock of

laugh something off disregard, ignore, dismiss, overlook, shrug off, minimize, brush aside, make light of, pooh-pooh

Translations

laugh [lɑːf] n → risa;

(loud) → carcajada

vi → reírse, reír; reírse a carcajadas

laugh at vt fus → reírse de

laugh off vt → tomar a risa

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laugh [lɑːf] n → rire m

vi → rire;

(to do sth) for a laugh → (faire qch) pour rire

laugh at vt fus → se moquer de [+ joke]; rire de

laugh off vt → écarter or rejeter par une plaisanterie or par une boutade

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laugh [lɑːf] n → Lachen nt

vi → lachen;

(to do sth) for a laugh → (etw) aus Spaß (tun)

laugh at laugh vt fus → lachen über +acc

laugh off laugh vt → mit einem Lachen abtun

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laugh [lɑːf] n → risata

vi → ridere

laugh at vt fus [+ misfortune etc] → ridere di;

I laughed at his joke → la sua barzelletta mi fece ridere

laugh off vt → prendere alla leggera