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laugh track

laugh track noun: the soundtrack of laughter sounds that accompanies a television comedy show.

Noun

laugh track (plural laugh tracks)

  1. The soundtrack of laughter sounds that accompanies a television comedy show.
    • You know where you never see a camcorder? At a funeral. Wouldn't that be fun? Especially if you didn't know any of the people there. Why not go to a stranger's funeral, and bring your camcorder? Have a little fun! Zoom in on the corpse's nose hairs. Then pull back, and pan over to the widow's...1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 173
    • Possibly a show with no laugh track would improve with a well-done laugh track.2004, Robert Kubey, Creating Television, →ISBN

Examples of laugh track in a sentence

  • Then go home and put a laugh track on it!1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 173:
  • He felt it weird to have this discussion with a laugh track running faintly in the background.2012, Ridley Pearson, No Witnesses, →ISBN:
  • There were shows where they let us not use a laugh track ... and portions of shows.2013, Allan Neuwirth, They'll Never Put That on the Air: The New Age of TV Comedy, →ISBN:

Synonyms of laugh track

Forms of laugh track

plurallaugh tracks
alternative formlaughtrack
alternative formlaugh-track

Questions about laugh track

What does laugh track mean?
Laugh track means the soundtrack of laughter sounds that accompanies a television comedy show.
How do you use laugh track in a sentence?
Then go home and put a laugh track on it!
What part of speech is laugh track?
Laugh track is a noun.
What is the plural of laugh track?
The plural of laugh track is laugh tracks.

Words near laugh track in the dictionary

  1. laugh out of the other side of one's mouth
  2. laugh riot
  3. laugh riots
  4. laugh test
  5. laugh to scorn
  6. laugh track
  7. laugh tracks
  8. laugh up one's sleeve
  9. laugh with
  10. laugh'd
  11. laugh-cry

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