v. 1 titter, giggle, snigger, snicker, chuckle, chortle, guffaw, split one's sides, Colloq break or crack up, roll on the floor, go into hysterics, roar with laughter, hoot Whenever he wore his hat, they couldn't stop laughing 2 Often, laugh at. a deride, ridicule, mock (at), jeer (at), make a mockery of, poke fun (at), make fun or sport (of), make an ass or a fool (out) of, tease, taunt, pull (someone's) leg, satirize, pasquinade or pasquil, parody, lampoon, jest (at), joke (about), scoff (at), scorn, Colloq Brit take the mickey out of, US roast They laughed when I sat down - I didn't know the chair was broken Why did the other children laugh at you? b laugh away or off, spurn, dismiss, brush aside, minimize, shrug off, reject, ignore, disregard, deny, belittle, Colloq pooh-pooh He laughed off his injury and insisted on continuing to work
n. 3 titter, giggle, snigger, snicker, chuckle, chortle, guffaw, horse laugh She would do anything for a laugh