BeardofPants
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Main Entry: 1laugh
Pronunciation: 'laf, 'l[a']f
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hliehhan; akin to Old High German lachEn to laugh
intransitive senses
1 a : to show mirth, joy, or scorn with a smile and chuckle or explosive sound b : to find amusement or pleasure in something <laughed at his own clumsiness> c : to become amused or derisive <a very skeptical public laughed at our early efforts -- Graenum Berger>
2 a : to produce the sound or appearance of laughter <a laughing brook> b : to be of a kind that inspires joy
transitive senses
1 : to influence or move by laughter <laughed the bad singer off the stage>
2 : to utter with a laugh
Pronunciation: 'laf, 'l[a']f
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hliehhan; akin to Old High German lachEn to laugh
intransitive senses
1 a : to show mirth, joy, or scorn with a smile and chuckle or explosive sound b : to find amusement or pleasure in something <laughed at his own clumsiness> c : to become amused or derisive <a very skeptical public laughed at our early efforts -- Graenum Berger>
2 a : to produce the sound or appearance of laughter <a laughing brook> b : to be of a kind that inspires joy
transitive senses
1 : to influence or move by laughter <laughed the bad singer off the stage>
2 : to utter with a laugh