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Added 9 October 2026

laugh

/lɐːf/ noun

In Latin: rīsus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about laugh at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The sound of laughing.
A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing.
his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision
A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.
he told a very funny joke

verb

Produce laughter.

Origin

From Middle English laughen, laghen, from (Anglian) Old English hlæhhan, hlehhan, (West Saxon) hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.

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