verb

laughed

to laugh

He laughed at the funny joke.

He laughed at the funny joke.

They laughed together for hours.

They laughed together for hours.

to laugh to make sounds showing you are amused. She started to laugh.

((at sb./sth.)) to laugh at (sb./sth.) Everyone laughed at his story.

Synonyms: chuckle, giggle, chortle; Antonyms: cry, weep, frown

From Old English 'hliehhan', from a Proto-Germanic root shared by Dutch and German 'lachen'.

The sound of the word 'laugh' sounds a bit like the 'ha ha' sound you make when you laugh.

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