belly laugh
Definition
- Noun:
- A joke that seems extremely funny: A comedic statement or story that provokes intense amusement.
- A burst of deep, loud, hearty laughter: The physical, often uncontrollable, act of laughing very hard, typically involving the diaphragm and producing a full, deep sound.
Usage Examples
Noun (Joke):
- His story about the lost dog was a real belly laugh.
- The comedian saved his best belly laugh for the end of his set.
Noun (Laughter):
- The punchline was so good it caused a belly laugh from the entire audience.
- She let out a great belly laugh when she saw the surprise.
Advanced Usage
- "to get/have a belly laugh": to experience a bout of hearty laughter.
- That movie always gives me a good belly laugh.
- "to be a belly laugh": to be something that causes such laughter.
- The final scene in the play was a genuine belly laugh.
Variants and Related Words
- Belly-laugh (verb, less common): To laugh heartily with a deep sound.
- The crowd belly-laughed at the clown's antics.
- Guffaw (noun/verb): A loud and boisterous laugh, similar to a belly laugh.
- Chortle (noun/verb): A joyful, partly suppressed laugh.
Synonyms
- Howler (noun): An extremely funny joke or mistake.
- Riot (noun, informal): Something or someone very funny.
- Hearty laughter (noun phrase): Deep, sincere laughter.
Related Phrases
- Roll in the aisles: To laugh uncontrollably.
- The comedian had them rolling in the aisles.
- Burst out laughing: To suddenly start laughing loudly.
- She burst out laughing at the memory.
Related Idioms
- Laugh one's head off: To laugh very hard and for a long time.
- We laughed our heads off at his impression of the teacher.
- Split one's sides (laughing): To laugh extremely hard.
- That joke was so funny I nearly split my sides.
Noun
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a joke that seems extremely funny
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a burst of deep loud hearty laughter
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