Laugh | Mean of laugh in English Dictionary

/ˈlæf/

• Verb
• to show that you are happy or that you think something is funny by smiling and making a sound from your throat
1. What are you laughing about?
2. The audience was laughing hysterically.
3. I've never laughed so hard in my life.
4. I couldn't stop laughing when I saw what he was wearing.
5. I laughed out loud when I saw him.
6. I burst out laughing. [=I suddenly started laughing]
7. He laughed so hard I thought he'd die laughing.
8. The movie was hilarious. We laughed our heads off.
9. I laughed until I cried. [=I laughed so much that tears came out of my eyes]
10. (Brit) She was laughing like a drain. [=she was laughing very hard]
11. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry [=I was surprised and shocked] when she told me she was getting married.
12. It's no laughing matter when you lose your job. [=it's a serious and important thing that people should not joke about]
13. She laughed at the joke.
14. Why is everyone laughing at me?
• to think or say that someone or something is foolish and does not deserve serious attention or respect
1. People laughed at his predictions of disaster, but no one's laughing now.
• to not be bothered by something
1. Sitting inside their tent, they were able to laugh at the weather.
2. He laughed at danger.

• to say (something) in an amused way
1. “I've never seen anything so ridiculous,” he laughed.
• to cause (someone) to go, move, etc., by laughing
1. The audience laughed the singer off the stage.
2. They laughed him out of town.
3. He laughed himself sick. [=he made himself sick by laughing too much]
4. His theories were laughed out of court.
• to be in a very good situation with nothing to worry about
1. If they can just close this important deal, they'll be laughing! [=they'll be on easy street]
• to make a lot of money especially by doing something that other people thought was foolish or amusing
1. People thought his invention was ridiculous, but now he's laughing all the way to the bank.
• to laugh directly at someone in a way that shows disrespect
1. When I asked for his help he laughed in my face.
• to laugh about or make jokes about (something) in order to make people think it is not serious or important
1. The candidate laughed off the question about his marriage.
2. The injury was serious, but he laughed it off.
• to be secretly happy about or amused by something (such as someone else's trouble)
1. The mayor's critics were laughing up their sleeves when news of the scandal was first reported.
• Noun
• the act or sound of laughing
1. He gave a loud laugh.
2. a nervous laugh
3. I kept telling jokes, but I couldn't get a laugh. [=make people laugh]
4. a joke that always gets a big laugh
5. He'll do anything for a laugh. [=to make people laugh]
6. I thought her report was good for a laugh [=was amusing], but it didn't have much helpful information.
7. She's always good for a laugh. [=she always makes people laugh; she is a funny person]
8. It seemed awful at the time, but we had a (good) laugh about it afterward. [=we laughed about it afterward]
• something that causes laughter
1. The movie has a lot of laughs.
2. You're going to be a movie star? That's a laugh.
• a funny person
1. He's a real laugh.
• someone or something that is very funny
1. That guy is a laugh a minute.
2. The movie is a laugh a minute.
• for amusement
1. The children were saying every word backward, just for laughs.