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laughter

/ˈlæftɚ/

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What does laughter mean?

noun

  1. The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
  2. A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, 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.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (archaic) A reason for merriment.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈlæftɚ/

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How starry Anne’s eyes were as they sat down to the loaded supper table, how pink her cheeks, how silver-clear her laughter!
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of the IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #51
A chorus of good-humoured laughter greeted this witticism, which gave the company there present food for many jokes, for some considerable time.
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelProject Gutenberg ebook #60
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By this time the whole church was red-faced and suffocating with suppressed laughter, and the sermon had come to a dead standstill.
Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, CompleteProject Gutenberg ebook #74
A shrill sound of laughter and of amused voices--voices of men, women, and children--resounded in the street while this wine game lasted.
Charles DickensA Tale of Two CitiesProject Gutenberg ebook #98
Williamson, the ex-clergyman, bowed to us with mock politeness, and the bully, Woodley, advanced with a shout of brutal and exultant laughter.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #108