laugh

1. The sound of laughing (synset 107141714)
   is a type of: utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
   subtypes:

   • cachinnation - loud convulsive laughter
   • cackle - a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
   • chortle, chuckle - a soft partly suppressed laugh
   • giggle - a foolish or nervous laugh
   • belly laugh, guffaw - a burst of deep loud hearty laughter
   • ha-ha, haw-haw, hee-haw, horselaugh - a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
   • snicker, snigger, snort - a disrespectful laugh
   • titter - a nervous restrained laugh
   same as: laughter
2. A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing (synset 106891454)
   "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"
   is a type of: facial expression, facial gesture - a gesture executed with the facial muscles
3. A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter (synset 106790941)
   "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
   is a type of: humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
   subtypes:

   • belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow - a joke that seems extremely funny
   • blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story - an indelicate joke
   • ethnic joke - a joke at the expense of some ethnic group
   • funny, funny remark, funny story, good story - an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
   • in-joke - a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people
   • one-liner - a one-line joke
   • shaggy dog story - a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness
   • sick joke - a joke in bad taste
   • sight gag, visual joke - a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
   has: gag line, laugh line, punch line, tag line - the point of a joke or humorous story
   same as: gag, jape, jest, joke

1. Produce laughter (synset 200031813)
   is a type of: express emotion, express feelings - give verbal or other expression to one's feelings
   subtypes:

   • bray - laugh loudly and harshly
   • bellylaugh - laugh a deep, hearty laugh
   • howl, roar - laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
   • snicker, snigger - laugh quietly
   • giggle, titter - laugh nervously
   • break up, crack up - laugh unrestrainedly
   • cackle - emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
   • guffaw, laugh loudly - laugh boisterously
   • chortle, chuckle, laugh softly - laugh quietly or with restraint
   • convulse - be overcome with laughter
   • cachinnate - laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way
   same as: express joy, express mirth

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