Laugh (Keller Williams album)
WordNet
noun
(1) 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 his own jest"
"Even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
(2) A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
"His face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"
(3) The sound of laughing
verb
(4) Produce laughter
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , , , cognate with Old Norse (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish ), Old High German (German ), Gothic .
Noun
- An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
- 1803 The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account of His Life Page 45: And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. — Oliver Goldsmith
- 1869 Lectures and Addresses on Literary and Social Topics Page 87: That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh. — F. W. Robertson
- Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
- 1921, Ring W. Lardner, The Big Town: How I and the Mrs. Go to New York to See Life and Get Katie a Husband, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 73:
- “And this rug,” he says, stomping on an old rag carpet. “How much do you suppose that cost?”
- It was my first guess, so I said fifty dollars.
- “That’s a laugh,” he said. “I paid two thousand for that rug.”
- 1921, Ring W. Lardner, The Big Town: How I and the Mrs. Go to New York to See Life and Get Katie a Husband, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 73:
Synonyms
cackle, chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, snicker, snigger, titter, cachinnation joke, laughing stockVerb
- To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
- Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o’er. — Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I-ii
- He laugheth that winneth. — Heywood’s Prov.
- To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
- Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets crowned. — John Dryden
- In Folly’s cup still laughs the bubble Joy. — Alexander Pope
- To laugh at, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride.
- No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. — Alexander Pope
- To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
- Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy? — Shakespeare, Tempest, II-i
- I shall laugh myself to death. — Shakespeare, Tempest, II-ii
- To express by, or utter with, laughter; — with out.
- From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause. — Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I-iii
Synonyms
cackle, chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, snicker, snigger, titter- See also Wikisaurus:laugh