Laughter

Noun

 * 1) The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
 * ''Their loud laughter betrayed their presence
 * 1) A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.
 * The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves. - Sir Thomas Browne
 * Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
 * 1)  A reason for merriment

Related terms

 * laugh

Adjectives for Laughter
silent; delighted; thistle-down; immoderate; boisterous; mingled; shrill; subdued; uncontrolled; resonant; restrained; refreshing; rude; discordant; ill-natured; smothered; derisive; inward; mocking; deluded; resolute; hearty; artificial; soft; wild; hysteric; cackling; lifeless; zealous; delicious; high-pitched;  murmurous;   joyous;   careless; frank; wholesome; meaningless; lovely; honest; unbelted; babbling; intellectual; faltering; Homeric; irreverent; rapid; irresistible; internal; confident; everlasting; hysterical; rippling; childish; unholy; sincerest; rollicking; bitter; mortal; intermingling; wilder; beery; innocent; immortal; foolish; free; bubbling; silvery; sudden; scary; throaty; excessive; gushing; hoarser; treble; shallow; fairy; savage; riotous; inheld.

Verbs for Laughter
break into—; burst into—; check—; constrain—; convulse in—; dimple in—; draw —; elicit—; enjoy—; evoke—; excite—; explode in—; flood with—; forgive—; join in —; occasion—; provoke—; raise—; reel in—; refrain from—; repress—; roar with —; rock with—; roll in—; scorn—; split with—; stifle—; stab with—; suppress—; swallow—; tumble into—;  turn to—; wrinkle into—; —dances; —delights; —dis¬torts; —ebbs; —explodes; —fizzles om (colloq.); —flows; —jars; —jets; —punc¬tures; —quivers; —resounds; —rings out; —spills from; —warms; —wins.

Thesaurus
Homeric laughter, amusement, belly laugh, boff, boffola, burst of laughter, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chortling, chuckle, convulsion, crow, fit of laughter, frivolity, fun, gales of laughter, giggle, glee, gleefulness, guffaw, ha-ha, hearty laugh, hee-haw, hee-hee, high glee, hilariousness, hilarity, ho-ho, horselaugh, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, laugh, laughing, levity, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, outburst of laughter, peal of laughter, risibility, roar of laughter, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, snicker, snickering, snigger, sniggering, snort, tee-hee, titter, yuck, yuk-yuk

Etymology
hleahtor:, from. Cognate with German lachen:, Dutch (ge)lach(en), Icelandic hlátur:, Danish latter:.

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"l{ft@`/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"l{ft@`/}}

Translations

 * Arabic: ضحك
 * Armenian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 笑聲, 笑声, 嘿嘿
 * Croatian:, hihot
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Gelächter, Lachen
 * Greek:


 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 笑い
 * Navajo:
 * Persian: خنده
 * Portuguese:, risos
 * Romanian:, râset
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: kahkaha,


 * Armenian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 笑
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Gelächter, Lachen


 * Greek: γέλιο
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 笑い
 * Lao:
 * Navajo:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Dutch: lachertje
 * Finnish:


 * Italian:


 * : lag, gelag
 * : gaz
 * : c'hoarzh -où
 * : смях (1)
 * : rialla f, riure
 * : smijeh
 * : ridado
 * : puka
 * : hlátur


 * : riso
 * :  (1,2), kenîn  (1,2), ,
 * : risus
 * : riso
 * : râs
 * : risa
 * : puká
 * : tiếng cười