Meaning of LAUGH in English

To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

Use in sentences of LAUGH

Meaning of LAUGH in English

To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.
An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i.