noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bellow of rage/laughter etc
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Alex gave another bellow of laughter.
a scream of laughter/delight
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We could hear the children’s screams of laughter.
alight with excitement/pleasure/laughter etc
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Jed’s face was alight with excitement.
appreciative laughter/applause
be doubled up/over with laughter/pain etc
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Both the girls were doubled up with laughter.
burst into laughter
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Suddenly, the group burst into laughter .
helpless laughter/rage/tears etc
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We both collapsed into helpless giggles.
hoot of laughter/derision etc
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Hoots of laughter rose from the audience.
hoot with laughter/glee/mirth etc
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He had the audience hooting with laughter.
howl with laughter
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He makes audiences howl with laughter .
howls of laughter
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This suggestion was greeted with howls of laughter .
hysterical laughter
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Everyone in the studio burst into hysterical laughter .
in fits of laughter
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We were all in fits of laughter trying to clear up the mess.
laughter lines
nervous laughter
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His comment was met with nervous laughter.
peals of laughter
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We could hear peals of laughter coming from the hall.
provoke laughter
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Sara's remark provoked faint laughter.
raucous laughter
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He burst into raucous laughter .
ripple of laughter
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A ripple of laughter ran through the audience.
roar of laughter
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He let out a roar of laughter .
roaring with laughter
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By this time, Michael was roaring with laughter .
rocked with laughter
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Jim rocked with laughter when he heard what had happened.
scream with laughter/delight
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She threw her head back and screamed with laughter.
screeched with laughter
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They screeched with laughter .
shake with laughter
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Both women shook with laughter.
snorted with laughter
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She snorted with laughter .
snorts of laughter
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There were snorts of laughter from the audience.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
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The book is full of unexpected laughter as well as despair.
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So family life was always full , full of coming and going, full of laughter , full of activity.
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The fat driver giggled, then burst into full laughter , the rolls under his robes quivering like jellies.
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It had been a special childhood, full of laughter and fun.
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Elizabeth who was bright and full of laughter has brought silence with her.
great
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He gave a great peal of laughter with lots of teeth flashing.
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Just call on me. Great laughter rang from all sides.
helpless
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I am terrified to look at them because I know I will collapse into helpless laughter .
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I flipped from fury straight into hilarity and collapsed on the ground beside him, rolling around in helpless laughter too.
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Durkin had struggled out of the car helpless with laughter , delighted with all the excitement he was causing.
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For a while my wife and I were helpless with laughter , but trying to clean up afterwards taught us a lesson!
hysterical
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Mr Morgan and his organ releasing them into hysterical laughter had anaesthetized the horror of the past.
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The sound of hysterical laughter swept through the new arrivals as they looked at each other.
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The big problem for anybody watching the opening ceremony must have been suppressing whoops of hysterical laughter .
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They made a sound like hysterical laughter as they played their games.
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A bubble of hysterical laughter rose to her lips.
loud
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Soon there was a burst of loud scandalised laughter .
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One or two of the surrounding faces expressed alarm but loud laughter was the general response.
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As Athelstan turned off Cheapside into Poultry, he could still hear their loud guffaws of laughter .
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The back row broke out in its loudest laughter yet.
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Later in the evening the sound of loud laughter wafted up through the open window, and even snatches of a song.
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During the movie, though, my audience participation mostly took the form of loud , raucous laughter .
nervous
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There was a general gasp and Todger let out a nervous shriek of laughter that sounded horribly like mockery.
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The crowd of 3, 523, clearly rooting for Seles, broke out in nervous laughter as the second set unfolded.
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In an absurd world, perhaps a bit of nervous laughter is more honest than floods of tears.
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There were rumors of an investigation, nervous jokes and nervous laughter , but in the end nothing came of it.
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Despite her nervous laughter , Diana had given the prospect much thought.
raucous
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Some raucous laughter followed the ribald remark.
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Although Great Groups experience their moments of near despair, they are more often raucous with laughter .
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Half way through, Rainbow is ejected from the cinema, after complaints about too much raucous laughter .
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During the movie, though, my audience participation mostly took the form of loud, raucous laughter .
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No one turned a hair at your raucous laughter .
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He seemed to find the remark hilarious, because he broke into raucous laughter .
silent
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He'd done so once, and seen them writhing in silent laughter .
■ VERB
break
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There was another awkward silence, broken by the laughter from the bar.
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Then we broke into giddy laughter .
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Saying this causes them both to break into laughter .
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He seemed to find the remark hilarious, because he broke into raucous laughter .
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The crowd of 3, 523, clearly rooting for Seles, broke out in nervous laughter as the second set unfolded.
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And soon the house is breaking up with laughter and excellent vibes.
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Visualising the imaginary scene Cosmo broke into laughter .
bring
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He was in front of a mirror, and the sight had brought forth gusts of laughter .
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I was lucky to find him and I want to thank him for bringing laughter and fun back into my life.
burst
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Blue, blue eyes caught and held hers, and she burst into delighted laughter .
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Gorbachev looked shocked by my familiarity, then burst into laughter .
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I found myself wandering round with a wry smile on my face and occasionally bursting into laughter at my own presumption.
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They were doubled over, poking at each other, making cryptic comments and bursting again into laughter .
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They burst into laughter and we piled once again into his car for another search.
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She burst into laughter in the Sabbath dimness of the place.
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The ridiculousness of the situation made him smile and, throwing his head back, he burst into peals of laughter .
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Both of them said the word on the same downbeat, which made them burst into laughter at how hilarious they sounded.
dissolve
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Francis and Christopher dissolved in laughter , lapped theirs up and declared it very good.
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The waiter bowed and retreated, Stephen and Lily dissolved into laughter .
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Hopefully the audience will dissolve into fits of laughter .
draw
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Orifice jokes draw gales of laughter from the cultish audience.
fill
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The air was filled with their smoky laughter and the sound of the jukebox.
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With Erma, every conversation was filled with laughter .
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Here someday my lonely existence will be filled with laughter .
follow
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A large gasp was audible, followed by laughter .
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He heard a man's gruff voice and a loud slap, followed by familiar lilting laughter .
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It was a moment of gravity following laughter .
hear
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When she was a young woman, she could hear distant laughter down long corridors, as she lay in her bed.
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It would be nice to hear the laughter of children.
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Polly could hear far-off voices and laughter , and the soft tapping of metal halyards against masts.
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Later, as he approached his office, he did hear laughter .
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In imagination I hear angelic laughter as a background to the life of the other world.
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I heard smatterings of laughter , an occasional light conversational swell, but it sounded like most of the guests had departed.
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If Beuno could hear the laughter it could not, in her estimation, be bad; nor could she be mad.
join
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Even Rachel Gray joined in the laughter that followed.
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Normally, Henry would have joined in the laughter .
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I joined him in his laughter .
laugh
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Rufus went on laughing , hiccuping with laughter .
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And why don't the miseries of the poor make us laugh , if laughter derives from the feeling of superiority?
roar
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To fill the gap he roared with laughter at his own witty fashion of dealing with ethics.
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He roared with laughter and went about his business.
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They roar with laughter at the funny bits.
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One minute they were sitting there looking self-conscious and the next they were roaring with laughter .
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He roared with laughter , and got up to refill his mug.
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Mycroft flung back his head and roared with laughter .
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She would have roared with laughter .
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She roared with laughter , and so did everyone else.
rock
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Take laughing: I have only to titter and, in seconds, the Monster also is rocking with pretend laughter .
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The performance had the legislature, including the subjects of the barbs, rocking with laughter .
scream
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The juke was screaming and the laughter was wild.
shake
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Her shoulders shook with laughter , her alabaster cheeks flushed with warmth.
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Cameron was shaking with laughter , looking on and making no move to help.
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Rows and rows of streetlights shaking with laughter .
shriek
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She had a wonderful sense of humor and would shriek with laughter when her daddy made funny faces and squeaky noises.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gale/gales of laughter
be convulsed with laughter/anger etc
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All of us were convulsed with laughter.
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From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter.
canned music/laughter
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Some hotels programme their canned music in twenty-four hour cycles, varying by location and the hour.
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You do not warm to this lady, who delivers her lines to camera as if waiting for the canned laughter.
dissolve into/in laughter/tears etc
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Francis and Christopher dissolved in laughter, lapped theirs up and declared it very good.
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If he mentioned moving out of her parents' house, she dissolved into tears.
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Katherine threw herself against Gary and dissolved into tears.
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The waiter bowed and retreated, Stephen and Lily dissolved into laughter.
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When at last she is alone, her sorrow overwhelms her and she dissolves in tears.
erupt into laughter/shouting etc
gust of laughter
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There was a gust of laughter.
spasm of grief/laughter/coughing etc
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A spasm of coughing woke him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The show was a great success, and had the audience roaring with laughter .
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Thelma gave a gurgle of laughter .
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There was a burst of laughter when he appeared.
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We could hear laughter coming from the next room.