laugher
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- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
/ˈlɑːfə/
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/ˈlɑːfə/ · /ˈlæfɚ/ · /lɔːɹ/
Definition of laugher
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
-
One who laughs.
“Well then—if I must neither stir out of the gate nor look out at window, I will at least see what the inside of the house contains that may help to pass away one’s time—peradventure, I may light on that blue-eyed laugher in some corner or other.”
“He and his companions[…] were exchanging jokes with that sort of ostentatious laughter which implies a desire to prove that the laugher is not mortified though some people might suspect it.”
“These are the people whose laughter you hear after the boffolas on shows that have been filmed without audiences. I don't suppose all these laughers are dead, but a lot of them must be by this time.”
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noun
-
One who laughs.
“Well then—if I must neither stir out of the gate nor look out at window, I will at least see what the inside of the house contains that may help to pass away one’s time—peradventure, I may light on that blue-eyed laugher in some corner or other.”
“He and his companions[…] were exchanging jokes with that sort of ostentatious laughter which implies a desire to prove that the laugher is not mortified though some people might suspect it.”
“These are the people whose laughter you hear after the boffolas on shows that have been filmed without audiences. I don't suppose all these laughers are dead, but a lot of them must be by this time.”
- A game in which an opponent is defeated by a sizable margin; a blowout.
- A variety of the domestic pigeon.
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English lawȝar, lawher(e); equivalent to laugh + -er.
Words you can make from laugher
100 playable · top: HALERU (9 pts)
Best play haleru 9 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
19 words4-letter words
36 words- ARGH 8 pts
- AUGH 8 pts
- HUGE 8 pts
- HALE 7 pts
- HARE 7 pts
- HARL 7 pts
- HAUL 7 pts
- HEAL 7 pts
- HEAR 7 pts
- HERL 7 pts
- HULA 7 pts
- HURL 7 pts
- LEHR 7 pts
- RHEA 7 pts
- AGER 5 pts
- AGLU 5 pts
- AGUE 5 pts
- AREG 5 pts
- EGAL 5 pts
- GALE 5 pts
- GAUR 5 pts
- GEAR 5 pts
- GLUE 5 pts
- GRUE 5 pts
- GUAR 5 pts
- LUGE 5 pts
- RAGE 5 pts
- RUGA 5 pts
- URGE 5 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LURE 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- RULE 4 pts
- UREA 4 pts
3-letter words
30 words2-letter words
13 wordsHooks
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