laughter

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A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs

• Laughter is the best medicine.

  Lachen ist die beste Medizin.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Mary tried to contain her laughter.

  Maria versuchte sich das Lachen zu verkneifen.

  Tatoeba · Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR

Gelächter

The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound

Gelächter

A reason for merriment