laugh

1. (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.Examples: "There were many laughing children running on the school grounds."; "But there was ſuch laughing, Queen Hecuba laught that her eyes ran ore."; "The waves beside them danced, but they / Outdid the sparkling waves in glee:— / A Poet could not but be gay / In such a laughing company: […]"Synonyms: cackle, chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, snicker, snigger, titterintransitive

2. (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.Examples: "The green ſtem grows in ſtature and in ſize, / But only feeds with hope the farmer's eyes; / Then laughs the childiſh year with flow'rets crowned, / And laviſhly prefumes the fields around, / But no ſubſtantial nouriſhment receives, / Infirm the ſtalks, unſolid are the leaves."; "In Folly’s Cup ſtill laughs the Bubble, Joy; [...]"figurativelyintransitiveobsolete

3. (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.Examples: "Don't laugh at my new hat, man!"; "No Wit to flatter, left of all his ſtore! / No Fool to laugh at, which he valued more. / There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, / And fame, this lord of uſeleſs, thouſands ends."; "There was something about him, Harry, that amused me. He was such a monster. You will laugh at me, I know, but I really went in and paid a whole guinea for the stage-box. To the present day I can't make out why I did so; [...]"intransitive

4. (transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.Examples: "Will you laugh me aſleepe, for I am very heauy."transitive

5. (transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.Examples: "From his deepe cheſt laughes out a lowd applauſe, [...]"; "Fairfax addressed her as "my lady," she laughed her musical laugh, and glanced up at a picture of Gerald with eyes full of exultation."; ""You refuse to take me seriously," Lute said, when she had laughed her appreciation. "How can I take that Planchette rigmarole seriously?""transitive