laugh: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with L · ends with H
Meaning of laugh
noun
An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
Example: His deep laughs boomed through the room.
Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
Example: Your new hat's an absolute laugh, dude.
- New-Zealand, UK
A fun person.
Example: a good laugh
Listed forms: laughs, laff, laughe, larf.
Source: Wiktionary — laugh.
verb
- intransitive
To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
Example: There were many laughing children running on the school grounds.
- intransitive
To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
Example: Don't laugh at my new hat, man!
- transitive
To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
- transitive
To express by, or utter with, laughter.
Listed forms: laughs, laughing, laughed, glossary, laughest.
Source: Wiktionary — laugh.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for laugh.
noun
the sound of laughing
noun
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
verb
produce laughter
- express joy
- express mirth
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is laugh in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of laugh
L(1) + A(1) + U(1) + G(2) + H(4) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of laugh
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from laugh
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