laugh, laughter

the sound of laughing

• cachinnation — loud convulsive laughter
• cackle — a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
• chortle, chuckle — a soft partly suppressed laugh
• giggle — a foolish or nervous laugh
• guffaw, belly laugh — a burst of deep loud hearty laughter
• hee-haw, horselaugh, ha-ha, haw-haw — a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
• snicker, snort, snigger — a disrespectful laugh
• titter — a nervous restrained laugh

• utterance, vocalization — the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication