laugh
/lɑːf/
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Translation
To make happy sounds with your voice when something is funny.
Word origin
From Old English hlæhhan, copying the sound people make when they laugh.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- hlaehhan
Grammar
Verb typeregular (laugh, laughs, laughed)
Examples
funny film.
"Laugh" means to make happy sounds when something is funny.
jokes.
"Laughs" is the form used with he, she, or it.
Everyone .
"Laughed" is the past form of "laugh".
When you laugh, you make happy sounds with your voice because something is funny. It often comes with a smile. The opposite feeling is to cry when you are sad.
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