Crossword clues for laughter
laughter
- Howl perhaps that's horrible subsequently suppressed
- It's known as the best medicine
- Comedian's reward
- Sitcom track sound
- Show of amusement
- Sound often faked on TV
- It might end in tears
- Guffaws and such
- Comedian's feedback
- "___ is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one": "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
- What’s coming off a track as a result of cracks?
- The manifestation of joy or mirth of scorn
- The act of laughing
- The sound of laughing
- Reaction to "Duck Soup"
- Manifestation of mirth
- Expression of hilarity from female offspring showing different face
- What's fatal for many - not opening best medicine?
- Start to leave after noisy cackling
- Sound of pleasure subsequently covering sound of disgust
- Sign of enjoyment afterwards overwhelms cry of disgust
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.
Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning
with laughter.
--Longfellow.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old English hleahtor, from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (cognates: Old Norse hlatr, Danish latter, Old High German lahtar, German Gelächter); see laugh (v.).
Wiktionary
n. The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
WordNet
n. the sound of laughing [syn: laugh]
the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth of scorn; "he enjoyed the laughter of the crowd"
Wikipedia
Laughter is a physical reaction in humans and some other species of primate, consisting typically of rhythmical, often audible contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system. It is a response to certain external or internal stimuli. Laughter can arise from such activities as being tickled, or from humorous stories or thoughts. Most commonly, it is considered a visual expression of a number of positive emotional states, such as joy, mirth, happiness, relief, etc. On some occasions, however, it may be caused by contrary emotional states such as embarrassment, apology, or confusion such as nervous laughter or courtesy laugh. Age, gender, education, language, and culture are all factors as to whether a person will experience laughter in a given situation.
Laughter is a part of human behavior regulated by the brain, helping humans clarify their intentions in social interaction and providing an emotional context to conversations. Laughter is used as a signal for being part of a group—it signals acceptance and positive interactions with others. Laughter is sometimes seen as contagious, and the laughter of one person can itself provoke laughter from others as a positive feedback. This may account in part for the popularity of laugh tracks in situation comedy television shows.
The study of humor and laughter, and its psychological and physiological effects on the human body, is called gelotology.
Laughter is the second studio album by Ian Dury & The Blockheads; released in 1980, it was the last studio album Dury made for Stiff Records. It was also the last studio album he made with The Blockheads, until 1998's Mr. Love Pants, though a live album Warts 'n' Audience was produced in 1991.
Laughter is a 1930 film directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and starring Nancy Carroll, Fredric March and Frank Morgan.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story.
A copy has been preserved at the Library of Congress.
Laughter is an audible expression of merriment or amusement.
Laughter may also refer to:
- Laughter (album), by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
- Laughter (film), a 1930 film starring Fredric March
- Laughter (book), a collection of three essays by Henri Bergson
- Laughter (novel), an Arabic novel by Ghalib Halasa
Laughter is a collection of three essays by French philosopher Henri Bergson, first published in 1900. It was written in French, the original title is Le Rire. Essai sur la signification du comique ("Laughter, an essay on the meaning of the comic").
Laughter is the third studio album by English rock group The Mighty Lemon Drops. Released on Chrysalis/ Sire in 1989, the album was the band's first to feature David Newton as the primary songwriter, as co-writer and bassist Tony Linehan quit early during the recording sessions. The album contains the hit U.S. modern rock singles "Into the Heart of Love" and "Where Do We Go From Heaven".
Usage examples of "laughter".
But Conan doubted, for once, in a gold-barred cage in an Hyrkanian city, he had seen an abysmal sad-eyed beast which men told him was an ape, and there had been about it naught of the demoniac malevolence which vibrated in the shrieking laughter that echoed from the black jungle.
I replied, following her steps, that I presumed they had been placed there to impose on fools, or to excite the laughter of those acquainted with history.
From some dim adytum the recorded carols of a private celebration could be heard, and some laughter.
Waned the day and I hied me afield, and thereafter I sat with the mighty when daylight was done, But with great men beside me, midst high-hearted laughter, I deemed me of all men the gainfullest one.
Finally Aileron put up a hand, his chest so convulsed with laughter that he clearly could barely get a word out.
It Is Short but Happy--Don Antonio Casanova--Don Lelio Caraffa--I Go to Rome in Very Agreeable Company, and Enter the Service of Cardinal Acquaviva--Barbara--Testaccio--Frascati I had no difficulty in answering the various questions which Doctor Gennaro addressed to me, but I was surprised, and even displeased, at the constant peals of laughter with which he received my answers.
Both Arak and Sufa slapped their hands over their mouths in a vain effort to contain their laughter.
Mixed into the wind it reminded him of the laughter he had heard in the arboretum when he had come upon the duchess and the King.
There was no end to the laughter in his head, the laughter that rode the wind sweeping through Aren Gate at his back.
In the middle of the wood a brown hare with white feet sprang out and, scared by the tramp of the many horses, grew so confused that it leaped along the road in front of them for some time, arousing general attention and laughter, and only when several voices shouted at it did it dart to one side and disappear in the thicket.
From a chamber on the right, near a winding staircase covered with blue-and-white tiles, came the sound of laughter, of song, and of a hideous music conveyed to the astonied ear by pipes and drums.
When they discreetly confronted the attaché with still photographs, he burst into laughter and asked them if they could supply him with copies to send to his wife in Paris to prove that his virility had not diminished during his two years in Moscow.
Brother Peter coughed, Aumery succumbed to a fit of snorting laughter.
Kundera has created around it, by framing it with two autobiographical chapters where the sharp edge of laughter is turned against himself.
As all the women burst into sudden laughter at the susceptibility of men, the awkwardness dispersed.