laugh

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
2. Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
3. A fun person.

Verb

1. 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.
2. (obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
3. To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
4. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
5. To express by, or utter with, laughter.

Synonyms

smile

😄

laughter

joke

🤣

giggle

ridicule

chuckle

titter

chortle

laughing

😆

cackle

laugh at

snigger

snicker

guffaw

fun

mock

grin

😁

roar

jest

scorn

gag

express joy

deride

frolic

ha-ha

jape

joy

😂

express mirth

ha ha

be in stitches

the sound of laughter

flout

flirt with

yuks

have a good time

high jinks

hoax

hoot

in

hoot

jeer

entertainment

jocularity

detest

jovial

gigle

just for fun

defiance

laugh away

cry

😢

laughs

craic

make fun of

make noise

meow

chat

molest

nicker

obstinacy

of

out

out of spite

play

pleasantry

pleased

rejoice

bugle

riot

bray

scoff at

bleat

scream

😱

be glad

sneer

bawl

amusement

stubbornness

take charge

taunt

tease

amuse

be merry

be funny

boffola

split one’s sides

shout with laughter

a

a

be amused at

funny

😄

laugh loudly

gambol

gibe

for

giggles

glory

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/laːf/

Etimologie (English)

Inherited from Middle English: laughen

Inherited from Old English: hlæhhan

Cognate with Skots: lauch

Cognate with Yslands: hlæja

Cognate with Noors: -

Cognate with Sweeds: -

Cognate with Deens: le

Cognate with Nederlands: lachen

Cognate with Duits: lachen

Cognate with Antieke Grieks: κλώζω

Cognate with Wallies: cloch

Cognate with Latyn: glōcīre

In summary

From Middle English laughen, laghen, from (Anglian) Old English hlæhhan, hlehhan, (West Saxon) hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
cognates
Germanic: (with j-present) Scots lauch, Icelandic hlæja, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish le; (without) Low German lachen, Dutch lachen, German lachen.
Indo-European: Russian клекота́ть (klekotátʹ), клокота́ть (klokotátʹ), клохта́ть (kloxtátʹ) ‘to cluck, cackle’, Ancient Greek κλώζω (klṓzō), κλώσσω (klṓssō) ‘to cackle, clack’, Welsh cloch ‘bell’, possibly Latin glōcīre ‘to cluck’.