Definition of laughter

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Laughter (v. i.) A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, 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. See Laugh, v. i..

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Humorous :: Humorous (a.) Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect..
Ridicule :: Ridicule (n.) An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
Fit :: Fit (n.) A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter..
Internecine :: Internecine (a.) Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive..
Snicker :: Snicker (v. i.) To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter..
Mirth :: Mirth (n.) Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity.
Risible :: Risible (a.) Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing.
Gelastic :: Gelastic (a.) Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing.
Split :: Split (v. i.) To burst with laughter.
Laughter :: Laughter (v. i.) A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, 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. See Laugh, v. i..
Laughsome :: Laughsome (a.) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry..
Slaughterer :: Slaughterer (n.) One who slaughters.
Geloscopy :: Geloscopy (n.) Divination by means of laughter.
Abattoir :: Abattoir (n.) A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc..
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle..
Laugh :: Laugh (v. t.) To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out..
Laughterless :: Laughterless (a.) Not laughing; without laughter.
Beef :: Beef (n.) The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts..
Burlesque :: Burlesque (a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical..
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