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   Laugh , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laughed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Laughing.] [OE. laughen, laghen, lauhen, AS. hlehhan, hlihhan, hlyhhan, hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G. lachen, OHG. hlahhan, lahhan, lahhēn, Icel. hlæja,W Dan. lee, Sw. le, Goth. hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.]
   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 face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
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   Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er.
   Shak.
   
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   He laugheth that winneth.
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   Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
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   Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets crowned.
   Dryden.
   
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   In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy.
   Pope.
   
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   To laugh at, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride.
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   No wit to flatter left of all his store,
   No fool to laugh at, which he valued more.
   Pope.
   -- To laugh in the sleeve, To laugh up one's sleeve, to laugh secretly, or so as not to be observed, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at. -- To laugh out, to laugh in spite of some restraining influence; to laugh aloud. -- To laugh out of the other corner of the mouth or To laugh out of the other side of the mouth, to weep or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or exaltation. [Slang]
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   Laugh, v. t.
   To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
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   Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?
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   I shall laugh myself to death.
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   To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.
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   From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause.
   Shak.
   
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   To laugh away. (a) To drive away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret. (b) To waste in hilarity. “Pompey doth this day laugh away his fortune.” Shak. -- To laugh down. (a) To cause to cease or desist by laughter; as, to laugh down a speaker. (b) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule; as, to laugh down a reform. -- To laugh one out of, to cause one by laughter or ridicule to abandon or give up; as, to laugh one out of a plan or purpose. -- To laugh to scorn, to deride; to treat with mockery, contempt, and scorn; to despise.
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   Laugh , n. An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i.
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   And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
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   That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh.
   F. W. Robertson.
   
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