laughs
laughs is the plural of laugh.
laughs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laugh.
Meaning of laugh
Noun
laugh (plural laughs)
- An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
- 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
- Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
- “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
- Synonyms:
- joke, laughing stock
- A fun person.
- a good laugh
Phrases with laughs
- laughs at
- for laughs
- laughs off
- evil laughs
- laughs away
- laughs down
- laughs with
- belly laughs
- horse laughs
- liquid laughs
- billion laughs
- Homeric laughs
26 more phrasesFewer phrases
- laughs to scorn
- barrel of laughs
- bundle of laughs
- barrels of laughs
- bundles of laughs
- step on the laughs
- laughs like a drain
- laughs out of court
- steps on the laughs
- laughs one's ass off
- laughs one's head off
- stepped on the laughs
- billion laughs attacks
- laughs in one's sleeve
- laughs up one's sleeve
- stepping on the laughs
- laughs in someone's face
- man plans and God laughs
- he who laughs last laughs best
- laughs all the way to the bank
- he laughs best that laughs last
- he who laughs last laughs hardest
- laughs on the other side of one's face
- laughs on the wrong side of one's face
- laughs on the wrong side of one's mouth
- laughs out of the other side of one's mouth
Questions about laughs
- What is laughs the plural of?
- Laughs is the plural of laugh.
Words near laughs in the dictionary
Source and license
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