laugh

🇺🇸 /læf/ 🇬🇧 /lɑːf/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-A2
verb
A1

to make sounds with your voice and show happiness on your face when something is funny

They laugh when they hear a funny joke.

R

to be in a good situation because you succeeded

If we get the job, we will laugh with joy.

noun
A1

the sound you make when something is funny

Her laugh is loud and happy.

R

a fun time or activity

We had a good laugh at the party.

R

a fun person to be with

He is a laugh to be around.

translation

v. to make sounds with your voice and show happiness on your face when something is funny; to be in a good situation because you succeeded
n. the sound you make when something is funny; a fun time or activity; a fun person to be with

Word Forms

3rd Present laughs
Past laughed
Perfect laughed
Progressive laughing
Plural laughs