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Meaning of 'laugh'
Meaning of 'laugh' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Laugh 
[ n.]
- An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the
sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i. [ n.]2. Laugh [ v. i.]
- 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. [ v. i.]- Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
3. Laugh [ v. t.]
- To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. [ v. t.]- To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.
Meaning of 'laugh' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. laugh [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Example in sentence:
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point;
- he knows a million gags;
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest;
- he told a very funny joke;
- thanks for the laugh
Meaning (2):
- a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
- a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
Example in sentence:
- his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision
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