laugh track
noun
a separate sound track of prerecorded laughter added to the sound track of a radio or television program to enhance or feign audience responses.
Origin of laugh track
1First recorded in 1960–65
Words Nearby laugh track
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How to use laugh track in a sentence
None of this makes sense out of context—nor, despite a laugh track deployed so frequently I felt gaslighted, is any of it funny.
Punky Brewster Is Just the Latest Proof That Today's Kids Deserve Better Than ‘80s and ‘90s Reboots | Judy Berman | February 24, 2021 | Time“We get it,” he replied as the laugh track on the FX comedy roared.
Charlie Sheen: Anger Management on FX, DirecTV, Fiat | Maria Elena Fernandez | July 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe result was strange, a sort of jerryrigged Eden with a laugh track, somehow both idyllic and lunatic all at once.
Andy Griffith, Dead at 86, a Fine Actor Whose Greatest Creation Was Mayberry | Malcolm Jones | July 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDecoding the laugh track of the CNN Debate in Arizona, featuring references to George Costanza and bogeyman Mike Dukakis.
Tactical Humorist: Gingrich Referees, Romney Channels Costanza, Santorum on Dukakis | Mark Katz | February 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTCan the White House turn off the laugh track and give us both?
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