laugh
the sound of laughing
How often you will meet it
Rank 652 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 29,330 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the sound of laughing also: laughter
- a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter also: joke, gag, jest, jape he told a very funny jokehe knows a million gags
verb
- produce laughter also: express joy, express mirth
laugh in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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How gaily the speaker led the laugh which followed this recital!
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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It was nice to hear her laugh, though; it made things seem warmer somehow.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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The sisters now wanted also to see the notice that made Dino laugh so heartily.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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His big laugh and the silver music of her own lighter merriment rang out a little tantalisingly.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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He looked at her intently, a queer, mischievous, yet penetrating look; then broke into a broad, genial laugh, quite Bacchic and succumbed.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1