laughter
the action or sound of laughing.
an inner quality, mood, disposition, etc., suggestive of laughter; mirthfulness: a man of laughter and goodwill.
an expression or appearance of merriment or amusement.
Archaic. an object of laughter; subject or matter for amusement.
Origin of laughter
1Other words from laughter
- laugh·ter·less, adjective
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How to use laughter in a sentence
A broken, lurching music came from them, a nasal melody that moaned among the laughters.
Erik Dorn | Ben HechtHow in this chorus of laughters, joyous and terrible, is the laughter of Shakespeare distinguishable?
Her almond eyes were of some fantastic shade of sapphire-blue with deep gray twilights in them and sea-green laughters.
Carnival | Compton MackenzieJacky stopped suddenly, and withdrew from the laughters in lofty offence.
Merkland | Mrs. OliphantPrue's callings have ceased; the small laughters, exclamations, appeals, have died into silence.
Doctor Cupid | Rhoda Broughton
British Dictionary definitions for laughter
/ (ˈlɑːftə) /
the action of or noise produced by laughing
the experience or manifestation of mirth, amusement, scorn, or joy
Origin of laughter
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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