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Meaning of laughter

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

laughter

Pronunciation:/ˈlɑːftə//ˈlæftɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.

    Example: Their loud laughter betrayed their presence.

  2. A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.

  3. A reason for merriment.