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{
"term": "laughter",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the act or sound of laughing",
"sensetop": "laughter from somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to roar/howl with laughter"
},
{
"text": "tears/gales/peals of laughter"
},
{
"text": "Everyone **burst into** fits of **laughter**."
},
{
"text": "a house full of laughter *(= with a happy atmosphere)*"
},
{
"text": "He gave a snort of derisive laughter."
},
{
"text": "When she said this, there was hysterical laughter from the audience.",
"contextForm": "laughter from somebody"
},
{
"text": "A ripple of laughter ran round the room."
},
{
"text": "Andrea burst into cruel laughter."
},
{
"text": "Everyone dissolved into fits of laughter when they saw my haircut."
},
{
"text": "They exploded into more drunken laughter."
},
{
"text": "He gave a sudden bellow of laughter."
},
{
"text": "Her infectious laughter had everyone smiling."
},
{
"text": "His suggestion was greeted with peals of laughter."
},
{
"text": "Hunter's statement drew laughter from the crowd."
},
{
"text": "I heard sounds of raucous laughter upstairs."
},
{
"text": "She was bent over with suppressed laughter."
},
{
"text": "That comment brought another round of laughter."
},
{
"text": "The joke provoked laughter from all of them."
},
{
"text": "Will was no longer able to contain his laughter."
},
{
"text": "the canned laughter of a sitcom"
},
{
"text": "He threw back his head and roared with laughter."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["hearty", "helpless", "hysterical"],
"… of laughter": ["bark", "hoot", "howl"],
"verb + laughter": ["burst into", "dissolve into", "explode with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to laugh a lot at somebody/something",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlɑːftə(r)/",
"audio": "la/laughter/laughter__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlæftər/",
"audio": "la/laughter/laughter__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English hleahtor, of Germanic origin; related to German Gelächter, also to laugh."
}