Kilo Lingo

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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This word is part of lesson 7.