v
(intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
n
A phonemically basic word, one which is easy for small children to pronounce and which therefore tends to be produced by them early on (for example, mama).
n
A place or scene of noise and confusion.
v
(Internet slang, derogatory) To whine; to complain miserably.
n
Alternative form of belly laugh [A deep, hearty laugh]
n
One who bitches or complains.
adj
Tending to blabber or babble.
n
A snort of liquid from the mouth out through the nose; as in response to something unexpected and/or funny
v
(sarcastic, intransitive) To complain, whine.
n
(by extension) Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.
n
One who laughs loudly and immoderately.
n
A person or creature that cackles.
n
Previously-recorded laughter that is edited into the soundtrack of a TV programme
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
adj
Characterised by chatter or chattering
v
(slang) To smile excessively, as for a camera.
n
(slang) A broad gleeful grin.
adv
While chortling; with muffled laughter.
n
(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
v
(intransitive) To talk tiresomely or at length; to chatter on.
n
A suppressed laugh or underlaugh, especially in church or a solemn setting.
n
(Caribbean) Noise and confusion.
n
A snarl in response to another person's snarl.
n
(slang, humorous) A lesbian.
n
(obsolete) One who boasts; a braggart.
n
A person who cringes or shies away.
n
(dated) A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer.
v
(chiefly UK, derogatory slang) whining, complaining
n
(Australia, slang) A person who talks or complains a lot; a chatterbox or nagger.
n
Alternative form of eefing [An Appalachian vocal technique similar to beatboxing, with a wheezy, hiccupy sound.]
n
Alternative spelling of émeute [(archaic) A seditious tumult; an outbreak.]
n
A signature laugh associated with villains in films and acting, sometimes represented by muahahaha or bwahaha.
n
The stereotypical laughter produced by a villain, frequently represented as muahahaha or bwahaha.
adj
Unclear, muffled, or halting in speech.
n
An outburst, especially of laughter.
n
Confused or unintelligible speech.
n
Heavy tickling often leading to laughter.
adj
Prone to meaningless vocalization, especially excited and confused utterances, like a beast or monster.
adj
Characterised or marked by gibber or gibberish.
n
A state of giggling; laughter.
n
(with "the") An attack of uncontrolled giggling.
n
(Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.
n
Alternative form of gurner [A person who performs at gurning]
v
(dialect, UK, archaic, transitive, intransitive) To grin and laugh at someone.
adj
(slang, US) Of music or a sound: harsh.
n
(rare) Synonym of kicks-and-giggles
v
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To fuss or cry
n
(informal) A particularly egregious joke, especially a pun.
adj
Likely to induce groans (as of a poor joke).
n
A brief, aphoristic poem, often containing irony or paradox.
n
A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
n
the act or process of grunting or snorting
adj
Of laughter, loud and unrestrained.
n
(Northern England) Alternative spelling of girning [(Northern England) A light-hearted competition in which people girn (make elaborate faces) through a horse collar; most popular in rural parts of England.]
n
An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort.
n
One who heckles; somebody who insults, makes fun of, or teases.
n
One who panics at the slightest provocation.
adj
Alternative spelling of higgledy-piggledy [In utter disorder or confusion; mixed up.]
n
A loud, boisterous laugh.
adv
(informal) In a comical way that causes howls of laughter.
adj
Characterised or marked by jabbering.
adj
Characterised by jabbering.
v
To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
v
(Ulster) to laugh loudly
v
Alternative form of knawvshawl [(Ireland, intransitive) to mutter or complain sullenly]
v
(Ireland, intransitive) to mutter or complain sullenly
n
A critic; one who disparages.
v
(chiefly humorous) Alternative spelling of laugh [(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.]
v
(chiefly Cockney) Pronunciation spelling of laugh. [(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.]
n
An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
v
(simile) To laugh hysterically
n
A machine or program or track that inserts canned laughter into a television show.
v
Archaic spelling of laugh. [(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.]
n
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, humorous, slang) The mouth.
n
(rare) Someone who laughs, or is laughing.
n
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.
n
Obsolete spelling of laughter [The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.]
adj
(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
adj
Prone to mumble or stammer; mumbly.
v
Alternative form of maunder [To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.]
n
An exaggerated mouthing of a word.
v
(intransitive, UK, dialect) To mouth words so that they can be heard over noise (or later so that they cannot be overheard), originally in the cotton industry of Lancashire.
v
(intransitive, Northern England, especially Manchester) To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother.
v
(intransitive, informal) To talk very fast or incessantly.
n
(slang, often computing) Mumbled or imprecise remarks, especially remarks which are trivial or unreliable.
n
Someone who mumbles and is difficult to understand when speaking.
v
(rare, dialect) Alternative spelling of mither [(intransitive, Northern England, especially Manchester) To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother.]
adj
(informal) talkative; chatty
n
(obsolete) Small, cramped handwriting.
n
(informal) Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
v
(slang, intransitive) To whine; to complain.
n
Alternative form of oomph [(informal, uncountable) Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout.]
n
Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
v
(Scotland) To complain childishly.
v
(dated) To be squeamish or delicate.
adj
Characterised or marked by prattling
adj
(sciences) Occurring before laughter.
v
To contract a facial feature so as to form wrinkles; used especially of the lips when whistling or kissing.
v
To complain violently (against, about).
n
(slang) An excessively talkative CB radio user; a chatterbox.
v
(slang) To yell at or berate.
adj
(slang) Strong; intense.
adj
Alternative form of rumorous [Indistinct or confounded in sound; murmuring; vaguely heard.]
n
One who scoffs or mocks.
n
(slang) Shits and giggles.
n
A foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, or affected smile; a smirk.
n
An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
n
(literary) The fictional creature of Lewis Carroll's poem, used allusively to refer to fruitless quest or search.
n
(literally) one who snarls
v
(neologism, informal, intransitive) To (repeatedly) snort while laughing; snort and laugh at the same time.
v
(Internet, slang) To snicker or snort with laughter to express amusement.
n
Alternative form of snicklefritz [(US, dialectal, especially Pennsylvania) A child, especially a mischievous one; especially as a nickname or term of endearment, or exasperation. Alternative letter-case form of Snicklefritz.]
n
A stifled or broken laugh.
v
(intransitive, dialect) To laugh at someone or something
n
(US, dialectal, especially Pennsylvania) A child, especially a mischievous one; especially as a nickname or term of endearment, or exasperation. Alternative letter-case form of Snicklefritz.
n
(chiefly in the plural) A sniff or sniffle.
v
(intransitive) To chortle or chuckle; snicker.
v
(Scotland) To give a suppressed laugh or sharp intake of breath.
v
(intransitive) To giggle in a suppressed manner; to titter.
n
Alternative spelling of sniveler [One who snivels.]
n
(informal, humorous, mildly derogatory) A loud or persistent snorer.
n
The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
v
Pronunciation spelling of snorting.
n
(slang, chiefly Internet slang) A hearty laugh that is punctuated by a snort on the inhale.
adj
making a snorting sound
n
Alternative form of snedging [(idiomatic, vulgar, Ireland, Australia) Sniffing the saddles of women's bicycles, or seats on which they have been sitting, for sexual gratification.]
v
(UK, dialect) To rub the nose against and snuff.
n
One who squalls; a crier, complainer, or bad singer.
n
(dated) A squib; a sarcastic jibe or petty dispute.
v
To tell jokes too rapidly when performing comedy, failing to milk the maximum laughter from the audience.
v
To utter tee hee; to make a high-pitched laugh; to titter.
n
A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
n
(archaic) Tittering; giggling.
n
One who titters, or giggles furtively.
adj
(rare) Characterised or marked by tittering.
v
To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
n
Suppressed laughter or laughing
v
(obsolete, rare) To recall (former laughter).
n
An instance of tickling or minor irritation.
n
(slang) Something very humorous or laughable.
v
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
adj
(obsolete) Whiny; plaintive.
n
Alternative form of wingding [(slang) A fit or spasm.]
v
(Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang) Alternative form of whinge [(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.]
v
To sniff or snort gently.
v
To vocalize in a meaningless or incomprehensible manner.
n
Loud, incoherent, repetitive speech.
adj
Very talkative; talking foolishly or at length.
n
(informal) A nervous condition which prevents a sportsperson from playing properly; especially a condition which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, or a tennis player to serve a double fault.
n
A laugh, especially a loud or hearty one.
n
The sound made by a whole-hearted laugh.
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