The meaning of Laughter

verb

Laugh in a noisy, gleeful way.

Usage examples:

He chortled at his own execrable pun

noun

A noisy, gleeful laugh.

Usage examples:

Thomas gave a chortle

verb

Present participle of chortle

Usage examples:

She chortled with glee at the news.

verb

Laugh quietly or inwardly.

Usage examples:

I chuckled at the astonishment on her face

noun

A quiet or suppressed laugh.

Usage examples:

Melissa gave a chuckle

verb

Present participle of chuckle

Usage examples:

She was chuckling as she read the letter.

noun

A sudden, violent, irregular movement of the body, caused by involuntary contraction of muscles and associated especially with brain disorders such as epilepsy, the presence of certain toxins or other agents in the blood, or fever in children.

Usage examples:

Toxic side effects like convulsions

noun

A shaking movement of the body that cannot be controlled, often caused by illness

Usage examples:

The syndrome brought on convulsions.

verb

Be of the right shape and size for.

Usage examples:

Those jeans still fit me

noun

The particular way in which something, especially a garment or component, fits.

Usage examples:

The dress was a perfect fit

verb

Have an epileptic fit.

Usage examples:

He started fitting uncontrollably

adjective

Laughing lightly and repeatedly in an excited, nervous, or silly way.

Usage examples:

Three young, giggling girls

verb

Laugh lightly and repeatedly in a silly way, from amusement, nervousness, or embarrassment.

Usage examples:

They giggled at some private joke

verb

Present participle of giggle

Usage examples:

Stop that giggling in the back row!

verb

Laugh loudly and heartily.

Usage examples:

Both men guffawed at the remark

noun

A loud and hearty laugh.

Usage examples:

Bleak as the film is, there is occasional respite in the script, drawing wry smiles rather than hea…

verb

Present participle of guffaw

Usage examples:

He guffawed with delight when he heard the news.

verb

(of an owl) utter a hoot.

Usage examples:

Owls hooted, the new moon rose

noun

A low, wavering musical sound which is the typical call of many kinds of owl.

Usage examples:

Various yelps, hoots, screams, squawks, and other vocalizations are used by many species of primate…

verb

Present participle of hoot

Usage examples:

She hooted her horn at the dog in the road., he hooted with laughter.

adjective

Producing a long, doleful cry or wailing sound.

Usage examples:

Howling wolves

verb

Make a howling sound.

Usage examples:

He howled in agony

adjective

(of the wind) blowing hard and making a lot of noise

Usage examples:

Once we played crazy golf in a howling gale., the hurricane's howling destructive winds just missed…

noun

A wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction.

Usage examples:

The widow had hysterics and the inquest was wrapped up quickly

adjective

Relating to or affected with hysteria.

Usage examples:

Kal's eyes widened as he came to a pause before bursting into a series of hysteric laughter.

adjective

Relating to or affected with hysteria.

Usage examples:

Kal's eyes widened as he came to a pause before bursting into a series of hysteric laughter.

verb

Make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of derision.

Usage examples:

He rarely smiled or laughed

noun

An act of laughing.

Usage examples:

He has a long and hearty laugh at this old joke

noun

Something that causes laughter; a source of fun, amusement, or derision.

Usage examples:

Come along, it'll be a laugh

adjective

Laughing in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way.

Usage examples:

He wheeled around to confront a sniggering group of men hovering nearby

noun

Half-suppressed, typically scornful laughter.

Usage examples:

They could not hide their sniggering at the thought

verb

Laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way.

Usage examples:

The boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back

adjective

Expressing or characterized by half-suppressed laughter or amusement.

Usage examples:

The tittering onlookers were stunned into silence

verb

Give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle.

Usage examples:

Her stutter caused the children to titter

noun

Silly or nervous laughter about something, often at something you feel you should not be laughing at

Usage examples:

Is this film any more than an hour and a half of tittering at rude jokes?, she loathed his sarcasti…