Laugh Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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no object

]

:

to show that you are happy or that you think something is funny by smiling and making a sound from your throat

• What are you laughing about?

• The audience was laughing hysterically.

• I’ve never laughed so hard in my life.

• I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw what he was wearing.

• I

  laughed out loud

  when I saw him.

• I

  burst out laughing

  . [=I suddenly started laughing]

• He laughed so hard I thought he’d

  die laughing

  .

• The movie was hilarious. We

  laughed our heads off

  .

• I

  laughed until I cried

  . [=I laughed so much that tears came out of my eyes]

• (Brit) She was

  laughing like a drain

  . [=she was laughing very hard]

• I

  didn’t know whether to laugh or cry

  [=I was surprised and shocked] when she told me she was getting married.

• It’s

  no laughing matter

  when you lose your job. [=it’s a serious and important thing that people should not joke about]

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• She laughed at the joke.

• Why is everyone laughing at me?

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