laughs

8 definitions • 18 examples

to smile while making sounds with your voice that show you think something is funny or you are happy:

laugh at They laughed at her jokes.

I couldn't stop laughing.

I said he'd have to give a talk and he laughed nervously.

make someone laugh She's so funny - she really makes me laugh.

laugh out loud It's very rare that a book is so good you actually laugh out loud.

burst out laughing It was so funny, I burst out laughing (= laughed suddenly and loudly).

laugh till you cry I laughed till I cried.

the act or sound of laughing:

a loud/nervous laugh

have a good laugh I was embarrassed at the time, but I had a good laugh about it later.

an enjoyable or funny activity:

"How was the party?" "Oh, it was a laugh."

someone who is funny:

a good laugh You'd like Sharon - she's a good laugh.

to make the sounds and movements of the face and body that express happiness or amusement, or that sometimes express ridicule or anxiety:

The audience just laughed and laughed.

That guy always makes me laugh.

When I made a face at Drew, he laughed out loud.

We were laughing at the clown.

Sometimes when you laugh at someone, you are ridiculing that person:

I don’t want to be laughed at by my classmates.

the sounds and movements of the face and body that express happiness or amusement, or that sometimes express ridicule or anxiety:

Holly has a very strange laugh – it sounds like she’s screaming.

infml A laugh is also an amusing or ridiculous situation or person:

You should have seen Sean trying to stay on the skateboard – what a laugh!