How do you use the word "laugh" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "laugh": You may laugh at me. Laugh as much as you like; I'll stick to my plan to the bitter end.

Laugh Meaning

/lɐːf/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

nounSomething that provokes mirth or scorn.

Sentence Examples

You may laugh at me.

Laugh as much as you like; I'll stick to my plan to the bitter end.

A teacher should never laugh at his students' mistakes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

joke laughter gag

Antonyms:

cry

CEFR Practice Quiz

The joke was so silly that everyone began to ____ uncontrollably.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The funny story made everyone in the room ____ loudly, which helped to lighten the mood during the dinner.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English laughen, laghen, from (Anglian) Old English hlæhhan, hlehhan, (West Saxon) hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną. Cognates Germanic: Scots lauch (“to laugh”), Yola leeigh, leigh (“to laugh”), North Frisian laache, lachi, laake, loache, lååke (“to laugh”), Saterland Frisian laachje (“to laugh”), West Frisian laitsje (“to laugh”), Alemannic German lache (“to laugh”), Cimbrian lachan (“to laugh”), Dutch, German, and Low German lachen (“to laugh”), Luxembourgish laachen (“to laugh”), Yiddish לאַכן (lakhn, “to laugh”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish le (“to laugh”), Elfdalian läa (“to laugh”), Faroese læa (“to laugh”), Icelandic hlæja (“to laugh”), Norwegian Nynorsk le, læ, læja (“to laugh”), Crimean Gothic lachen (“to laugh”), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hlahjan, “to laugh”). Indo-European: Breton kloc'h (“bell”), Irish clog (“bell; clock”), Manx and Scottish Gaelic clag (“bell”), Welsh cloch (“bell”), Russian клекота́ть (klekotátʹ), клокота́ть (klokotátʹ), клохта́ть (kloxtátʹ, “to cluck, cackle”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind." — 1803, Oliver Goldsmith, The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account of His Life, page 45:

"That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh." — 1869, F. W. Robertson, Lectures and Addresses on Literary and Social Topics, page 87:

"It never fails to get a laugh. Here's to more humor in chess." — 1961 March, A. Robert Weeks, “Readers' Forum”, in Chess Review:

"“And this rug,” he says, stomping on an old rag carpet. “How much do you suppose that cost?” ¶ It was my first guess, so I said fifty dollars. ¶ “That’s a laugh,” he said. “I paid two thousand for that rug.”" — 1921, Ring Lardner, The Big Town: How I and the Mrs. Go to New York to See Life and Get Katie a Husband, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 73:

"Life's a piece of shit / When you look at it / Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true." — 1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life:

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