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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'laughter' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions laughter noun  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. Quotations The act of , 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. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Browne Sir Thomas Browne Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with - http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The sound produced by air so expelled. (slang) A decidedly one-sided sports contest, especially where the winning team is able to score at will. The final score of the football game was 70-0; what a laugher it was. Translations:  Dutch: gelach n, lachen n French: rire m German: Gelí¤chter n, Lachen n Italian: riso Spanish: risa Etymology: Anglo Saxon hleahtor; akin to Old High German hlahtar, German gelíchter, Icelandic hlítur, Danish latter.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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