Found 3 items, similar to Laughter.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: laughter
gelak, gelak tawa
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: laughter
laughter
n 1: the sound of laughing [syn:
laugh]
2: the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth
of scorn;
“he enjoyed the laughter of the crowd”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Laughter
Laughter
\Laugh"ter\, n. [AS. hleahtor; akin to OHG. hlahtar, G.
gel["a]chter, Icel. hl[=a]tr, Dan. latter. See
Laugh, v. i.
]
A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face,
particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the
eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and
usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of
air from the lungs. See
Laugh, v. i.
[1913 Webster]
The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of
the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of
the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the
jurisdiction of ourselves. --Sir T.
Browne.
[1913 Webster]
Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning
with laughter. --Longfellow.
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