LAUGH

vt to express by, or utter with, laughter;

— with out.

2. laugh ·vt to affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

3. laugh ·noun an expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. ·see laugh, ·vi.

4. laugh ·vi fig.: to be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

5. 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.