Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
Example: His deep laughs boomed through the room.
Definition: Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
Example: Your new hat’s an absolute laugh, dude.
Definition: A fun person.
verb
Definition: To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
Example: There were many laughing children running on the school grounds.
Definition: To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
Definition: (followed by “at”) To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
Example: Don’t laugh at my new hat, man!
Definition: To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
Definition: To express by, or utter with, laughter.