laugh

Pronunciation

• (AU) IPA ^(key): /lɑːf/, SAMPA: /lA:f/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /lɑːf/, SAMPA: /lA:f/
• (US) enPR: lăf, IPA ^(key): /læf/, SAMPA: /l{f/

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Verb

Plain form laugh

Third-person singular laughs

Past tense laughed

Past participle laughed

Present participle laughing

1. Someone laughs when they make a sound with their mouth because they think something is funny. It can sound like "ha ha", "ho ho", "hee hee", etc.

   That was a really good joke. I've never laughed so hard!

Noun

Singular laugh

Plural laughs

1. The sound of someone laughing, or the action of laughing.

   We had lots of good laughs at the party.

   I heard a laugh in the other room and went to see what they were laughing at.

• 

  Laughing

• 

  A man laughing