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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.

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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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