LAUGH
—verb. 1 make the sounds and movements usual in expressing lively amusement, scorn, etc. 2 express by laughing. 3 (foll. By at) ridicule, make fun of. —none. 1 sound, act, or manner of laughing. 2 colloq. Comical thing. ? laugh off get rid of (embarrassment or humiliation) by joking. Laugh up one`s sleeve laugh secretly. [old english]