Laughter: alternatives and connections

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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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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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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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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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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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 fa…

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