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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
laughter/ˈlɑːftə(r)/

▶noun the action or sound of laughing.

– origin OE hleahtor, of Gmc origin.

'laughter' also found in these Oxford entries:

antidote - break - cataplexy - comedian - comedy - comic - comical - convulsion - crack - erupt - fit - funny - gale - ha ha - helpless - hilarity - ho ho - hoot - hysteric - jokey - laugh - lip - mirth - peal - risible - sardonic - screamer - split - tickle - yuck

Forum discussions with the word(s) "laughter" in the title:

"canned laughter"/ "fake laughter"?
"churgle" with laughter
"hoots with laughter"
A day without laughter is a day wasted
a trill of gay laughter
A wave of laughter filled the air in the bus
animal origins of laughter
Demonic laughter
feigns laughter
He burst into laughter.
hemph hemph hemph [sounds of demonic laughter?]
incessant laughter
laugh / laughter
laugh/laughter
original context of laughter
Proof that hard work need not preclude laughter
say to laughter
somebody's laughter is like a pig's cough
stifled laughter
that/those laughter
the chatter and laughter start(s) up..
the children burst into spontaneous laughter
The feeling of laughter
the laughter of things beyond the tears of things
tinge of sadness through Peter's jovial laughter.
to be in tears of laughter
unrighteous laughter
When I was a child, my house would be filled with laughter.
white laughter

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