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Definition of laugh:
(n) :
an expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter; something that provokes mirth or scorn
"1803 The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account of His Life Page 45: And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. -- Oliver Goldsmith"
(v) :
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; to be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport
"queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. -- Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I-ii"
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Definition of laugh:
(n) :
an expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter; something that provokes mirth or scorn
"1803 The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account of His Life Page 45: And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. -- Oliver Goldsmith"
(v) :
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; to be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport
"queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. -- Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I-ii"