Laugh

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To express by, or utter with, laughter;

— with out.

II. Laugh ·vt To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

III. Laugh ·noun An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. ·see Laugh, ·vi.

IV. Laugh ·vi Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to Sparkle; to Sport.

V. Laugh ·vi 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.

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