[lɑːf], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of derision
(e.g: he rarely smiled or laughed)


Phrases:
- a laugh a minute
- be away laughing
- have a laugh
- have the last laugh
- he who laughs last laughs longest
- laugh all the way to the bank
- laugh in someone's face
- laugh like a drain
- laugh on the other side of one's face
- laugh one's head off
- laugh oneself silly
- laugh out of court
- laugh something to scorn
- laugh up one's sleeve
- no laughing matter
- play something for laughs
- the laugh is on someone

Origin:
Old English hlæhhan, hliehhan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German lachen, also to laughter

[lɑːf], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of laughing
(e.g: he has a long and hearty laugh at this old joke)

- something that causes laughter; a source of fun, amusement, or derision
(e.g: come along, it'll be a laugh)


Phrases:
- a laugh a minute
- be away laughing
- have a laugh
- have the last laugh
- he who laughs last laughs longest
- laugh all the way to the bank
- laugh in someone's face
- laugh like a drain
- laugh on the other side of one's face
- laugh one's head off
- laugh oneself silly
- laugh out of court
- laugh something to scorn
- laugh up one's sleeve
- no laughing matter
- play something for laughs
- the laugh is on someone

Origin:
Old English hlæhhan, hliehhan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German lachen, also to laughter