laugh at

Definition of Laugh At in English :

Verb

1. blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast

subject to laughter or ridicule

Example Sentences:
'The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house'
'The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher'
'His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Laugh At

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1.

to be amused by

2.

to make fun of; ridicule; deride

3.

to be indifferent to or contemptuous of; disregard

Laugh At

see synonyms of laugh at

v. laughed, laugh·ing, laughs

v.intr.

1. To express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.

2. To show or feel amusement or good humor: an experience we would laugh about later on.

3.

a. To feel or express derision or contempt; mock: I had to laugh when I saw who my opponent was.

b. To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being: You won't be laughing when the truth comes out.

4. To produce sounds resembling laughter: parrots laughing and chattering in the trees.

v.tr.

1. To affect or influence by laughter: laughed the speaker off the stage; laughed the proposal down.

2. To say with a laugh: He laughed his delight at the victory.

n.

1.

a. The act of laughing.

b. The sound of laughing; laughter.

2. Informal Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke: The solution they recommended was a laugh.

3. often laughs Informal Fun; amusement: went along just for laughs.

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