LAUGH
- to express emotion, typically mirth, by a series of inarticulate sounds [v LAUGHED, LAUGHING, LAUGHS] : LAUGHINGLY [adv]
- to express mirth by explosive inarticulate sounds [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- to express mirth audibly
- act or sound of laughing
- to prove ultimately successful after a seeming defeat or loss
- to ridicule
- to dismiss as ridiculous, trivial, or hollow
- to dismiss or depreciate by means of ridicule; totally scorn
- to undergo a chastening reversal, as of glee or satisfaction that is premature; be ultimately chagrined, punished, etc.; cry