2laugh noun
plural laughs 1 [count] : the act or sound of laughing
▪ He gave a loud laugh. ▪ a nervous laugh ▪ I kept telling jokes, but I couldn't get a laugh. [=make people laugh] ▪ a joke that always gets a big laugh ▪ He'll do anything for a laugh. [=to make people laugh] ▪ I thought her report was good for a laugh [=was amusing], but it didn't have much helpful information. ▪ She's always good for a laugh. [=she always makes people laugh; she is a funny person] ▪ It seemed awful at the time, but we had a (good) laugh about it afterward. [=we laughed about it afterward] 2 informal a [count] : something that causes laughter : something funny or foolish
▪ The movie has a lot of laughs. ▪ You're going to be a movie star? That's a laugh.
b [singular] chiefly Brit : a funny person
▪ He's a real laugh.
▪ He gave a loud laugh. ▪ a nervous laugh ▪ I kept telling jokes, but I couldn't get a laugh. [=make people laugh] ▪ a joke that always gets a big laugh ▪ He'll do anything for a laugh. [=to make people laugh] ▪ I thought her report was good for a laugh [=was amusing], but it didn't have much helpful information. ▪ She's always good for a laugh. [=she always makes people laugh; she is a funny person] ▪ It seemed awful at the time, but we had a (good) laugh about it afterward. [=we laughed about it afterward]
▪ The movie has a lot of laughs. ▪ You're going to be a movie star? That's a laugh.
b [singular] chiefly Brit : a funny person
▪ He's a real laugh.
a barrel of laughs — see 1barrel
a laugh a minute
informal : someone or something that is very funny
▪ That guy is a laugh a minute. ▪ The movie is a laugh a minute.
▪ That guy is a laugh a minute. ▪ The movie is a laugh a minute.
for laughs or chiefly Brit for a laugh
informal : for amusement
▪ The children were saying every word backward, just for laughs.
▪ The children were saying every word backward, just for laughs.
play for laughs — see 1play
the last laugh
◊If you have/get the last laugh, you finally succeed or win after people laughed at or doubted you.
