Laugh: alternatives and connections

To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

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To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

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To laugh or chuckle with delight

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To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.

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To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony…

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To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.

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A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh.

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To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.

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To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.

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To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.

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See Snicker.

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To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.

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Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.

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To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

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To laugh or chuckle with delight

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To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.

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Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.

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To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.

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A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh.

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A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it.

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See Ha-ha.

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A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw.

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One who howls.

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Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.

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To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.

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To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.

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See Snicker.

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To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.

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To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.

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Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

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the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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The act of uttering.

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The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.

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of Wit

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A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.

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The quality of being witty.

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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…

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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…

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To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of spe…

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To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.

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A deed; an action; a gest.

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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…

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A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment,…

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