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Laugh

verb
(past & past part. laughed; pres. part. laughing)
1.
Produce laughter.  Synonyms: express joy, express mirth.  Antonym: cry.
noun
1.
The sound of laughing.  Synonym: laughter.
2.
A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing.
3.
A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.  Synonyms: gag, jape, jest, 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"



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"Laugh" Quotes from Famous Books



... went a dull, ugly red, and she laughed a loud laugh which sounded as if it would be the same colour. "As for Cora, I can quite understand; but I don't believe the woman would have dared to try to exclude me," she said in ...
— Lady Betty Across the Water • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
... sometimes, just for fun, Peter would jump right over him. When he did that, Peter always winked good-naturedly. But Mr. Greensnake never winked back. Instead he would raise his head, run his tongue out at Peter, and hiss in what he tried to make a very fierce and angry manner. Then Peter would laugh and wink at him again. But never once did ...
— Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories • Thornton W. Burgess
... in the wind, Laugh low with the wind at play; And the odorous call of the flowers all ...
— Graded Memory Selections • Various
... asked the youth, with a merry little laugh. "I am really afraid that I came without asking. You see, every one is ...
— The Book of Nature Myths • Florence Holbrook
... "Now you laugh," she said, "I begin to understand you again; I ought to have known that you are superior to jealousy. But, do tell me, would it be so very wonderful if other girls found something to envy in my good luck? Just think ...
— The Legacy of Cain • Wilkie Collins


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