Collocations for "laughter"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "laughter" in context.
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laughter
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [uncontrollable, incessant, childish, spontaneous, mocking] laughter
- a fit of (uncontrollable) laughter
- howls of laughter
- a burst of laughter from the [crowd, audience, student]
- the [children, fans, family] roared with laughter
- (the audience) [burst, erupted] into laughter
- was [feigning, faking] laughter
- was in tears of laughter
- brought laughter to the [room, audience, family, crowd]
- a [wave, burst] of laughter filled the [air, room]
- could hear (sounds of) laughter from [outside, the next room, the house]
- sounds of [suppressed, side-splitting] laughter
- could barely [contain, hold, suppress] her laughter
- the [comment, joke, remark] drew a lot of laughter
- the [studio, show, program] uses canned laughter
- (there's) no [cause, reason, motive] for laughter
'laughter' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):