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as in to giggle
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound
everyone laughed when the clown dramatically slipped and fell
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as in to smile
to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions
you're going to try out for the football team? Don't make me laugh!
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as in chuckle
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement
the child's frown turned into a laugh when he saw the clown
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as in joke
something said or done to cause laughter
the film comedy had a good laugh in just about every scene
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Recent Examples of laugh
Sherri Gordon, Parents, 21 July 2025
Admittedly, my initial reaction was to laugh, then to cast judgment, and then to marvel at the stupidity of a clearly intelligent corporate leader ever thinking such blatantly morally wrong behavior would not catch up with him.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 July 2025
Seven other comedians keep the laughs steady into mid-November.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
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Verb
Lacking Empathy Empathy develops at different rates, says Shaw, but if your child laughs at someone getting hurt, teases others for their feelings, or seems cold when someone else is left out, that could be a red flag.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 21 July 2025
Admittedly, my initial reaction was to laugh, then to cast judgment, and then to marvel at the stupidity of a clearly intelligent corporate leader ever thinking such blatantly morally wrong behavior would not catch up with him.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Noun
The next question drew a laugh out of Ciara when Sienna took it upon herself to answer if her mom should ever work with her husband, Russell Wilson, on music.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 July 2025
Seven other comedians keep the laughs steady into mid-November.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laugh
Verb
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But instead of a giggling child, what comes down the slide is a cat, backwards, sliding helplessly towards the bottom.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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In the promo photo, fans giggled at seeing fictional AFC Richmond’s communications director Leslie Higgins, played by Swift, wearing shorts instead of his usual suits.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
22 July 2025
Verb
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And yet, when that year’s Oscar party kicked off at Morton’s, there was Lansing, smiling and posing with the editor-in-chief.—
Michael Grynbaum,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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My seatmate nods, smiling, even her daughter looks up from her iPad.—
Rebecca Chace
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Christine Baranski is always exceptional, but poor Agnes has been a hoot.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
29 July 2025
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Another table over, a small group of friends put in an order for five dozen oysters, shooting them back with hoots and hollers that electrified the tiny room.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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Chinese officials in the eastern province of Zhejiang have put stand-up comics on notice to avoid jokes that could fuel resentment between the sexes.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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According to the site, there were allegedly posts that included fat-shaming and rape jokes, among other topics via the Q&A platform Curious Cat.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
24 July 2025
Verb
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An old American folk rhyme chuckles: Where can a man find a cap for his knee,Or a key for a lock of his hair?Can his two eyes be called an academyBecause there are pupils in there?—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
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Elon Musk chuckled in 2011, when asked whether BYD worried him.—
Vivienne Walt,
Fortune,
29 July 2025
Verb
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In the 2000 Loser, Jason Biggs plays Paul, a sweet but unhip Midwestern kid who gets a scholarship to NYU, only to be met with the sneering savagery of his rich-kid roommates.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 July 2025
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There may have been a temptation to overcompensate, to cackle and sneer in order to force the focus back onto herself.—
Lizzie Logan,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
Noun
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That’s really kind of paid off in watching it with an audience, because there’s moments in the film that get a really loud audience reaction where people genuinely scream, and burst out into laughter.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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Hager then steered the conversation away from Banks to a recent report that Gen Z does not like to eat cereal, causing Banks to throw her hands up and burst into laughter.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The screams of their hungry children are often unbearable.—
Sarah El Sirgany,
CNN Money,
30 July 2025
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Miss Smith’s screams, which had been deafening, turned to tears of relief and joy.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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“Laugh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laugh. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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