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laugh

UK/lɑːf/ US/lɐːf/ very common uk
verb (1) noun (3)

verb

1.

noun

1.

the sound of laughing

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2.

a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing

  • “his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision”
3.

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

  • “he told a very funny joke”
  • “he knows a million gags”
  • “thanks for the laugh”
  • “he laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest”
  • “even a schoolboy”
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Origin

From Middle English laughen, laghen, from (Anglian) Old English hlæhhan, hlehhan, (West Saxon) hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.

Phrases

  • barrel of laughs
  • belly laugh
  • bundle of laughs
  • burst out laughing
  • don't make me laugh
  • enough to make a cat laugh
  • evil laugh
  • for a laugh
  • get the last laugh
  • good for a laugh
  • have a laugh
  • he who laughs last laughs best

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