Definizione monolingua

laughter

Wikipedia laughter (usually uncountable; plural laughters)

1. The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.

   Their loud laughter betrayed their presence

2. A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing 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.

   • The act of laughter, 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. - Sir Thomas Browne
   • Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

3. (archaic) A reason for merriment

Definizione dizionario laughter

	risata
	movement of the muscles of the laughing face
	sound (as) of laughing
	The sound of laughing

	riso
	sound (as) of laughing
	The sound of laughing

risa

	passeggiata
	a decidedly one-sided sports contest

barzelletta

ridere

scherzo

Altri significati:

(archaic) A reason for merriment

A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing 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.

The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.