Definition of Laughs. Meaning of Laughs. Synonyms of Laughs

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Definition of Laughs

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Laugh Laugh, v. t. 1. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy? --Shak. I shall laugh myself to death. --Shak. 2. To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out. From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause. --Shak. To laugh away. (a) To drive away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret. (b) To waste in hilarity. ``Pompey doth this day laugh away his fortune.' --Shak. To laugh down. (a) To cause to cease or desist by laughter; as, to laugh down a speaker. (b) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule; as, to laugh down a reform. To laugh one out of, to cause one by laughter or ridicule to abandon or give up; as, to laugh one out of a plan or purpose. To laugh to scorn, to deride; to treat with mockery, contempt, and scorn; to despise.
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Laugh Laugh, n. An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i. And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. --Goldsmith. That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh. --F. W. Robertson.
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Sardonic Sar*don"ic, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. ?, ?, perhaps fr. ? to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant of Sardinia, Gr. ?, which was said to screw up the face of the eater.] Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety. Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H. Wotton. The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian. --Burke. Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter.

Meaning of Laughs from wikipedia

- usual variations of a laugh most often occur in the first or final note in a sequence- therefore, "ho-ha-ha" or "ha-ha-ho" laughs are possible. Normal...
- 1928 film The Man Who Laughs featuring Conrad Veidt, whose performance inspired the creation of the Joker. The Batman Who Laughs was created by Scott Snyder...
- 2016, Just for Laughs London was held at Russell Square. On April 1, 2019, the Just for Laughs name went fully stylized to Just for laughs, and on 2021...
- Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 funny movies in American cinema. A wide variety of comedies...
- Laughs Gags (French: Juste pour rire les gags) is a Canadian silent comedy/hidden camera reality television series that is under the Just for Laughs brand...
- The Madcap Laughs is the debut solo album by the English singer-songwriter Syd Barrett. It was recorded after Barrett had left Pink Floyd in April 1968...
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh is a 1928 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney and Loretta Young (her film debut). The movie was directed by Herbert Brenon...
- Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! (Italian: Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Edoardo Anton and starring Tino Scotti, Ugo Tognazzi...
- platform, originally as Laugh Attack until 2013 and then as Canada Laughs from 2013 to 2019. In conjunction with the Just for Laughs comedy festival, the...
- Literature Today, 1992, p. 454. Azuonye, Chukwuma (2011). "'The White Man Laughs': Commentary on the Satiric Dramatic Monologues of Gabriel Okara". Africana...