Dictionary entry details
• LAUGH (noun)
Meaning:
The sound of laughing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
laugh; laughter
Hypernyms ("laugh" is a kind of...):
utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "laugh"):
titter (a nervous restrained laugh)
snicker; snigger; snort (a disrespectful laugh)
ha-ha; haw-haw; hee-haw; horselaugh (a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing)
belly laugh; guffaw (a burst of deep loud hearty laughter)
giggle (a foolish or nervous laugh)
chortle; chuckle (a soft partly suppressed laugh)
cackle (a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle)
cachinnation (loud convulsive laughter)
Meaning:
A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision
Hypernyms ("laugh" is a kind of...):
facial expression; facial gesture (a gesture executed with the facial muscles)
Meaning:
A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("laugh" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)
Meronyms (parts of "laugh"):
gag line; laugh line; punch line; tag line (the point of a joke or humorous story)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "laugh"):
belly laugh; howler; riot; scream; sidesplitter; thigh-slapper; wow (a joke that seems extremely funny)
sight gag; visual joke (a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie))
sick joke (a joke in bad taste)
shaggy dog story (a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness)
one-liner (a one-line joke)
in-joke (a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people)
funny; funny remark; funny story; good story (an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line))
ethnic joke (a joke at the expense of some ethnic group)
blue joke; blue story; dirty joke; dirty story (an indelicate joke)
• LAUGH (verb)
Meaning:
Produce laughter
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
express joy; express mirth; laugh
Hypernyms (to "laugh" is one way to...):
express emotion; express feelings (give verbal or other expression to one's feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "laugh"):
convulse (be overcome with laughter)
chortle; chuckle; laugh softly (laugh quietly or with restraint)
guffaw; laugh loudly (laugh boisterously)
cackle (emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing)
break up; crack up (laugh unrestrainedly)
giggle; titter (laugh nervously)
snicker; snigger (laugh quietly)
howl; roar (laugh unrestrainedly and heartily)
bellylaugh (laugh a deep, hearty laugh)
bray (laugh loudly and harshly)
cachinnate (laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way)
Sentence frames:
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Antonym:
cry (shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain)
Also:
laugh at (subject to laughter or ridicule)
laugh away; laugh off (deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it)
