Definition of laughter

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Laughter (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..

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Facetious :: Facetious (a.) Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply..
Laughterless :: Laughterless (a.) Not laughing; without laughter.
Internecion :: Internecion (n.) Mutual slaughter or destruction; massacre.
Merry :: Merry (superl.) Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.
Ripply :: Ripply (a.) Having ripples; as, ripply water; hence, resembling the sound of rippling water; as, ripply laughter; a ripply cove..
Appealable :: Appealable (a.) That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter..
Massacre :: Massacre (n.) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing.
Snicker :: Snicker (v. i.) To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter..
Grin :: Grin (v. i.) To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain..
Guffaw :: Guffaw (n.) A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh.
Manslaughter :: Manslaughter (n.) The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.
Abattoir :: Abattoir (n.) A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc..
Slaughterer :: Slaughterer (n.) One who slaughters.
Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything..
Split :: Split (v. i.) To burst with laughter.
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Laughter :: Laughter (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..
Slaughterous :: Slaughterous (a.) Destructive; murderous.
Immoderate :: Immoderate (a.) Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter..
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