- the act or sound of laughing
- to roar/howl with laughter
- tears/gales/peals of laughter
- Everyone burst into fits of laughter.
- a house full of laughter (= with a happy atmosphere)
- He gave a snort of derisive laughter.
- laughter from somebody When she said this, there was hysterical laughter from the audience.
Extra Examples- A ripple of laughter ran round the room.
- Andrea burst into cruel laughter.
- Everyone dissolved into fits of laughter when they saw my haircut.
- They exploded into more drunken laughter.
- He gave a sudden bellow of laughter.
- Her infectious laughter had everyone smiling.
- His suggestion was greeted with peals of laughter.
- Hunter's statement drew laughter from the crowd.
- I heard sounds of raucous laughter upstairs.
- She was bent over with suppressed laughter.
- That comment brought another round of laughter.
- The joke provoked laughter from all of them.
- Will was no longer able to contain his laughter.
- the canned laughter of a sitcom
- He threw back his head and roared with laughter.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hearty
- helpless
- hysterical
- …
- bark
- hoot
- howl
- …
- burst into
- dissolve into
- explode with
- …
Word OriginOld English hleahtor, of Germanic origin; related to German Gelächter, also to laugh.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See laughter in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee laughter in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishsplit your sides (laughing/with laughter)
- to laugh a lot at somebody/something
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