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laugh

/læf/noun, verb1 syllable

Laugh means: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.

Synonyms for laugh17

noun, as in a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

joke, gag, jest, jape

noun, as in the sound of laughing

verb, as in produce laughter

express joy, express mirth

also used for laugh

cackle, chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, snicker, snigger, titter, cachinnation, laughing stock

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Opposites of laugh

What does laugh mean?4

noun

1

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter“he told a very funny joke”

2

the sound of laughing

3

a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing“his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision”

verb

1

produce laughter

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with laugh?6

one syllable

two syllables

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Laugh in a sentence

  • Some people laugh at his jokes, but others don't.CK
  • To hear her laugh, you'd take her for a young girl.unknown
  • I quickly laugh at everything, for fear of having to cry.fishda
  • All of a sudden, she began to laugh.CK
  • Speak of the next year, and the devil will laugh.blay_paul
  • Machines may one day think, but they'll never laugh.darinmex
  • She told him a joke, but he didn't laugh.CK
  • Papa, let's have a face-to-face laugh battle!unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of laugh

as a noun

plural
laughs

as a verb

past tense
laughed
present participle
laughing
third-person singular
laughs
past participle
laughed