1
: a sound of or as if of laughing
2
archaic
: a cause of merriment
Examples of laughter in a Sentence
The audience roared with laughter.
the nervous producers were reassured by the sounds of laughter coming from the theater
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Lawrence Yee, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Death Takes Me, instead, suggests that personal grief and political anger can find expression, too, through ambiguity and irony—and even laughter.
—Nicolás Medina Mora, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2025
During a storm that caused a power outage and shut down nearby roads, laughter filled the air as someone began humming a popular Mexican cumbia song.
—Ale Delgado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Day said with exaggerated disbelief, prompting laughter from the studio audience.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for laughter
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“Laughter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laughter. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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laughter
noun
laugh·ter
ˈlaf-tər 
ˈlȧf-
: the action or sound of laughing
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