{
    "term": "laughter",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the act or sound of laughing",
            "sensetop": "laughter from somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to roar/howl with laughter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "tears/gales/peals of laughter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone **burst into** fits of **laughter**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a house full of laughter *(= with a happy atmosphere)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave a snort of derisive laughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When she said this, there was hysterical laughter from the audience.",
                    "contextForm": "laughter from somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A ripple of laughter ran round the room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Andrea burst into cruel laughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone dissolved into fits of laughter when they saw my haircut."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They exploded into more drunken laughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave a sudden bellow of laughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her infectious laughter had everyone smiling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His suggestion was greeted with peals of laughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hunter's statement drew laughter from the crowd."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I heard sounds of raucous laughter upstairs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was bent over with suppressed laughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That comment brought another round of laughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The joke provoked laughter from all of them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Will was no longer able to contain his laughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the canned laughter of a sitcom"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He threw back his head and roared with laughter."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hearty", "helpless", "hysterical"],
                "… of laughter": ["bark", "hoot", "howl"],
                "verb + laughter": ["burst into", "dissolve into", "explode with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to laugh a lot at somebody/something",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlɑːftə(r)/",
                "audio": "la/laughter/laughter__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlæftər/",
                "audio": "la/laughter/laughter__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hleahtor, of Germanic origin; related to German Gelächter, also to laugh."
}