Meaning of laugh In English

• 0 to smile while making sounds with your voice that show you think something is funny or you are happy:

  • They laughed at her jokes.

  • I couldn't stop laughing.

  • I said he'd have to give a talk and he laughed nervously.

  • She's so funny - she really makes me laugh.

  • It's very rare that a book is so good you actually laugh out loud.

  • It was so funny, I burst out laughing (= laughed suddenly and loudly).

  • I laughed till I cried.

• 1 the act or sound of laughing:

  • a loud/nervous laugh

  • I was embarrassed at the time, but I had a good laugh about it later.

  • "How was the party?" "Oh, it was a laugh."

  • You'd like Sharon - she's a good laugh.

• 2 to make the sounds and movements of the face and body that express happiness or amusement, or that sometimes express ridicule or anxiety:

  • The audience just laughed and laughed.

  • That guy always makes me laugh.

  • When I made a face at Drew, he laughed out loud.

  • We were laughing at the clown.

  • I don’t want to be laughed at by my classmates.

• 3 the sounds and movements of the face and body that express happiness or amusement, or that sometimes express ridicule or anxiety:

  • Holly has a very strange laugh – it sounds like she’s screaming.

  • You should have seen Sean trying to stay on the skateboard – what a laugh!