laugh
verb
[ lɑːf ]
• make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of derision.
• "he rarely smiled or laughed"
Similar:
guffaw,
chuckle,
chortle,
cackle,
howl,
roar,
ha-ha,
roar/hoot with laughter,
shake with laughter,
be convulsed with laughter,
dissolve into laughter,
split one's sides,
be doubled up,
be in stitches,
die laughing,
be rolling in the aisles,
bust a gut,
break up,
be creased up,
crease up,
crack up,
fall about,
laugh like a drain,
giggle,
titter,
snigger,
snicker,
tee-hee,
burst out laughing,
hold one's sides,
ridicule,
mock,
deride,
scoff at,
jeer at,
sneer at,
jibe at,
make fun of,
poke fun at,
make jokes about,
heap scorn on,
scorn,
pooh-pooh,
lampoon,
satirize,
caricature,
parody,
taunt,
tease,
torment,
send up,
take the mickey out of,
poke mullock at,
make sport of,
take the piss out of,
laugh
noun
• an act of laughing.
• "she gave a loud, silly laugh"
Similar:
chuckle,
chortle,
guffaw,
giggle,
titter,
ha-ha,
tee-hee,
snigger,
roar of laughter,
hoot of laughter,
shriek of laughter,
peal of laughter,
belly laugh,
• something that causes laughter; a source of fun, amusement, or derision.
• "come along, it'll be a laugh"
Similar:
joke,
prank,
piece of fun,
jest,
escapade,
adventure,
caper,
romp,
practical joke,
trick,
bit of mischief,
shenanigans,
horseplay,
lark,
giggle,
hoot,
Origin:
Old English hlæhhan, hliehhan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German lachen, also to laughter.
