To express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.
To show or feel amusement or good humor: an experience we would laugh about later on.
To feel or express derision or contempt; mock: I had to laugh when I saw who my opponent was. To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being: You won't be laughing when the truth comes out.
To produce sounds resembling laughter: parrots laughing and chattering in the trees.
To affect or influence by laughter: laughed the speaker off the stage; laughed the proposal down.
To say with a laugh: He laughed his delight at the victory.
The act of laughing. The sound of laughing; laughter.
Informal Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke: The solution they recommended was a laugh.
often Informal Fun; amusement: went along just for laughs.