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[countable] the act of laughing or the sound you make when you laugh : 
a nervous laugh
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a nervous laugh2 [countable] if something is a laugh, you have fun and enjoy yourself when you are doing it :
3 to be amusing and fun to be with : I like Peter - he's a good laugh.
somebody is a (good) laugh
British EnglishI like Peter - he's a good laugh.4 for fun : We took the hot-air balloon ride, just for laughs.
for laughs
also for a laugh British EnglishWe took the hot-air balloon ride, just for laughs.5 used to say that something is silly or unlikely : Me? Star in a film? That's a laugh.
that's a laugh
spokenMe? Star in a film? That's a laugh.6 to finally be successful, win an argument etc, after other people have earlier criticized you, defeated you etc : Men make jokes about women drivers, but women have the last laugh - their insurance rates are cheaper.
have the last laugh
Men make jokes about women drivers, but women have the last laugh - their insurance rates are cheaper.7 to be very funny - sometimes used humorously to mean that someone or something is not at all funny
