Definitions
the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn
Word origin
From Middle English laughter, laghter, laȝter, from Old English hleahtor (“laughter, jubilation, derision”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *klek-, *kleg- (“to shout”). Cognate with German Gelächter (“laughter, hilarity, merriment”), Danish and Norwegian latter (“laughter”), Icelandic hlátur (“laughter”). More at laugh.
Used in a sentence
“Their loud laughter betrayed their presence.”
“There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town.”
“The act of laughter, which is caused by 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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Reaction to a joke”8 letters
02“Sound after a joke”8 letters
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