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How to pronounce laughs in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms express joy, express mirth
Type of express feelings, express emotion
Has types convulse, crack up, giggle, guffaw, howl, laugh loudly, laugh softly, roar, snicker, snigger, titter, cackle, chuckle, cachinnate, chortle, bellylaugh, bray, break up
Derivation laugher, laughable
Type Words
Synonyms laughter
Type of vocalization, utterance
Has types horselaugh, haw-haw, ha-ha, guffaw, snicker, snigger, snort, giggle, titter, belly laugh, chuckle, chortle, cackle, cachinnation, hee-haw
Type Words
Synonyms gag, jape, jest, joke
Type of witticism, humour, wit, humor, wittiness
Has types ethnic joke, funny, funny remark, funny story, visual joke, thigh-slapper, good story, sight gag, sidesplitter, sick joke, shaggy dog story, scream, howler, in-joke, one-liner, belly laugh, blue joke, riot, blue story, wow, dirty joke, dirty story


thanks for the laugh.
he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest.
Type Words
Type of facial gesture, facial expression


his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision.

Examples of laughs

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Goering laughs when he describes the tiny muffler and exhaust outlet on the car.
From the kansas.com
It has laughs, but the tone is detached in what is basically a formulaic comedy.
From the kentucky.com
My 15-year-old daughter, Ariel, laughs and rolls her eyes just about every time.
From the democratandchronicle.com
The dialogue is light yet witty, offering a steady stream of well-earned laughs.
From the dailyherald.com
His none-too-sharp law enforcer is meant to be funny, but the laughs never come.
From the usatoday.com
When her mother drops hints about her twin sister's marriage, she laughs it off.
From the chron.com
Being able to do so with a partner can shorten the days and lengthen the laughs.
From the ocregister.com
Ichigo laughs when asked how the clean-up work compares with his normal routine.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The film shoehorns two laughs into almost an hour and a half of awkward silence.
From the gazettelive.co.uk
More examples
  • The sound of laughing
  • Produce laughter
  • A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing; "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"
  • Joke: 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"
  • Laughing(a): showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children"
  • Laugh is the sixth studio album by Keller Williams, released in 2002.
  • Laughter is an audible expression of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy. It may ensue from jokes, tickling or other stimuli. It is in most cases a very pleasant sensation.
  • (Laughing (character)) E.U. or Emergency Unit (Traditional Chinese) is a TVB modern action series broadcast from February to March 2009.
  • (Laughter (album)) Laughter is an 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.