laugh

IPA: ɫˈæf

An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
(Britain, New Zealand) A fun person.

(intransitive) 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.
(intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
(intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
(transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
(transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.

Examples of "laugh" in Sentences

He laughed at the sally.
They laughed at the witticism.
The men laugh condescendingly.
But there's also the snide laugh.
The rabbit and the monkey laughed.
Children like to titter and laugh.
The people laughed at the countryman.
He is trying to not laugh at the sally.
He was emaciated and laughing manically.
Smiling and tittering are two different types of laughing.
She has a sexy, hearty voice, but her laugh is all little girl.
In fact the laugh is at the expense of those who deploy the word.
A man, to laugh well, must be an honest man -- mind, I say _laugh_: when Shakspeare says
I bet her laugh is the most awesome sound I could hear today, just watching her is awesome!
But intriguingly, it appears that the laughter of prehistoric people is echoed in the word laugh.
THIS house seems to be the house of joy; every face wears a smile, and a laugh is at every body's service.
Telling a joke that fails to deliver a laugh is also a violation of one of the many unspoken social contracts that govern our interactions with each other.
… Is Wagner’s “Parsifal” his secret laugh of superiority at himself, the triumph of his last and most exalted state of artistic freedom, of artistic transcendence — is it Wagner able to _laugh_ at himself?