a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
His face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision.
source: WordNet 3.0
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
He told a very funny joke. He knows a million gags. Thanks for the laugh. He laughed unpleasantly at his own jest. Even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point.
source: WordNet 3.0
An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i.
source: Webster 1913
verb
produce laughter
source: WordNet 3.0
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.
source: Webster 1913
To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
