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Meanings of laugh in English

Portuguese
riso
Catalan
riure
Spanish
risa
Wikidata

The sound of laughing.

        riso
        Portuguese
        graça
        Catalan
        agudesa
        Spanish
        gracia

        A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.

              graça
              Synonyms
              Examples for "joke"
              Examples for "joke"
              1
              Which means we clearly should have used said joke in the headline.
              Wired
              2
              At times at East End Park, the joke threatened to come true.
              The Guardian
              3
              Some of the sites they produce are terrific; others simply in-joke backchat.
              The Guardian
              4
              Tell me the best joke you heard around the fire this year?
              The South African
              5
              A joke … Something good … I have to say something good.
              The Guardian
              1
              The words spoken in jest were in the nature of a prophecy.
              Something of Men I Have Known / With Some Papers of a General Na...
              2
              Perhaps I should follow your horses, Marthona said, not entirely in jest.
              The Land of Painted Caves
              3
              But Microsoft does not regard car software as a subject for jest.
              The Irish Times
              4
              It was rather painful; you have spoken a true word in jest.
              The Blotting Book
              5
              The user suggested police would understand the remarks were posted in jest.
              The Irish Times
              1
              The injunction was never intended to gag parliament or attack free speech.
              The Guardian
              2
              Google loves to unveil a good gag product on April Fool's Day.
              Wired
              3
              Sir, -Years ago the late Paddy Crosbie had a relevant gag.
              The Irish Times
              4
              At some point the judge puts us all under a gag order.
              Before you know kindness
              5
              Greatest gag in the country today is to send him live rabbits.
              The new yorker
              1
              This is not some strange jape of Littlefinger's? He sheathed his blade.
              A Game of Thrones
              2
              The Sphinx was always smiling, as if he knew some secret jape.
              A feast for crows
              3
              The French president, Emmanuel Macron, appeared particularly amused by the jape.
              The Guardian
              4
              One of the smoking-room humorists mocked his accent and ventured a crude jape.
              We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
              5
              I'm only making a jest, madame, a bit of a jape.
              Android Karenina
              Portuguese
              gargalhar
              Catalan
              riure
              Spanish
              reír

              Produce laughter.

                  Related terms
                  gargalhar
                  Usage of laugh in English
                  1
                  I am optimistic; I laugh; I play cards for money; I turkey-trot.
                  The Auction Block
                  2
                  And of course,' Nish gave a short laugh, 'you must make allowances.
                  Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
                  3
                  She made him laugh; and the furrows in the young brow disappeared.
                  Marriage à la mode
                  4
                  Used his power to help people. She let out a tired laugh.
                  Proven guilty
                  5
                  I hope people will read the book and have a good laugh.
                  Reuters
                  6
                  Feather had made people laugh in the same fashion in the past.
                  The Head of the House of Coombe
                  7
                  Even the Canadians joined in the general laugh, and Hal himself smiled.
                  The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders; Or, the Fighting Canadians...
                  8
                  He lifted her in and closed the door-thenleaned in to laugh:
                  We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
                  9
                  Gosh,' she added, 'how nice it is to laugh for a change!'
                  Eyeless in Gaza
                  10
                  There was a general laugh, in which the youngsters joined the loudest.
                  Tales of the Sea, and of Our Jack Tars
                  11
                  If we want Europe to laugh at us, they've every reason now.'
                  Wolf hall
                  12
                  He was really bubbly with great one-liners and just a great laugh.
                  The Irish Times
                  13
                  There was a general laugh, in the midst of which Reggie remarked:
                  Eleanor
                  14
                  I must tell Scarron; he will make me laugh in retelling it.
                  The Grey Cloak
                  15
                  The special quality of Jondalar's laugh-thehearty, jubilant freedom of it-invitedresponse.
                  The Valley of Horses
                  16
                  Ellice said; and her voice shook and quavered in an unnatural laugh.
                  The Imaginary Marriage
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                  Translations for laugh
                  Laugh through the time
                  Laugh across language varieties
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                  Common
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                  Common
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