Definition of Lagh
Laugh (l&au;f), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Laughed (l&au;ft); p. pr. & vb.
n. Laughing.] [OE. laughen, laghen,
lauhen, AS. hlehhan, hlihhan, hlyhhan,
hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G. lachen,
OHG. hlahhan, lahhan, lahhēn, Icel.
hlæja, Dan. lee, Sw. le, Goth.
hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.] 1.
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.
Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran
o'er. Shak.
He laugheth that winneth.
Heywood's Prov.
2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful,
pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to
sport.
Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets
crowned. Dryden.
In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble
Joy. Pope.
To laugh at, to make an object of laughter
or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride.
No wit to flatter left of all his store,
No fool to laugh at, which he valued more.
Pope.
-- To laugh in the sleeve, to laugh
secretly, or so as not to be observed, especially while apparently
preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons
laughed at. -- To laugh out, to laugh in
spite of some restraining influence; to laugh aloud. --
To laugh out of the other corner (or
side) of the mouth, to weep
or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or
exaltation. [Slang]
Laugh, v. t. 1. To
affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very
heavy? Shak.
I shall laugh myself to death.
Shak.
2. To express by, or utter with, laughter; --
with out.
From his deep chest laughs out a loud
applause. Shak.
To laugh away. (a) To drive
away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret.
(b) To waste in hilarity. "Pompey doth this
day laugh away his fortune." Shak. -- To laugh
down. (a) To cause to cease or desist
by laughter; as, to laugh down a speaker.
(b) To cause to be given up on account of
ridicule; as, to laugh down a reform. -- To laugh
one out of, to cause one by laughter or ridicule to
abandon or give up; as, to laugh one out of a plan or
purpose. -- To laugh to scorn, to deride;
to treat with mockery, contempt, and scorn; to despise.
Laugh (?), n. An expression of
mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing;
laughter. See Laugh, v. i.
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant
mind. Goldsmith.
That man is a bad man who has not within him the power
of a hearty laugh. F. W. Robertson.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
LAUGH. To laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; to cry.
I'll make him laugh on the wrong (or t'other) side of his
mouth.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- 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.
Quotations
*Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. - Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I-ii
*He laugheth that winneth. - Heywood's Prov.
- (Figurative): To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
Quotations
*Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets crowned. - Dryden
*In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. - Pope
- To laugh at, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride.
Quotations
*No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. - Pope
- To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
Quotations
*Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy? - Shakespeare, Tempest, II-i
*I shall laugh myself to death. - Shakespeare, Tempest, II-ii
- To express by, or utter with, laughter; — with out.
Quotations
*From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause. - Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I-iii
- An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. (See the intransitive verb above.)
- Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
Quotations
*And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. - Goldsmith
*That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh. - F. W. Robertson
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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