good laugh
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1.5
- noun
- Informal
:
buena risa
- Thanks for giving me a good laugh with this flashback.
Thanks for giving me a good laugh with this flashback.
- Thanks for giving me a good laugh with this flashback.
- Go home tonight, hold the toothbrush up to your ear, and you'll have a good laugh to yourself.
- If you want to go for a free trip and have a good laugh, the one rule is you don't bring your phone.
- So I'm in a, in a nightclub and we're talking, having a good laugh.
- Just an excuse to mess around and have a good laugh.
- Maybe it's a really fun story about a couple that's a friend of yours, something that the two of you can have a good laugh about.
- Long time fan ever since your earliest days of filmmaking, always able to produce some good laughs and frankly, ballsy stunts that no one else would be willing to do.
- But when you do get him to laugh and it usually looks like this, that's that's a good laugh for him.
- So yeah, if you're looking for a good a good laugh, I will recommend House in Sterling and see Until I Die.
Examples
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I hope you had a good laugh at my expense.
Fiction book (2001) -
I could do with a good laugh.
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And boy, did they have a good laugh about that.
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And so, yeah, we can have a really good laugh about it because it is really funny.
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I had a pretty good laugh about it.
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I appreciate a good laugh as much as the next guy.
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I needed a good laugh.
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Then they would throw their arms around each other and have a good laugh.
Fiction book (1999) -
Tomorrow I'll go back to the club, and we'll all have a good laugh.
Fiction book (1990) -
After a tough week, we all enjoyed a good laugh at the comedy show.
Synonyms
641
1.0
The sound people make when they find something funny
417
1.0
A short funny story or remark that makes people smile
125
1.1
A light laugh that sounds silly or nervous
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1.2
A feeling of pleasure when something makes you laugh
15
6.1
Great happiness that people show by laughing
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5.2
A strong feeling of amusement that makes people laugh
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2.5
A loud, happy sound people make when something is very funny
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6.1
A sudden, loud laugh that bursts out
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1.0
A short time when something makes people laugh
4
2.9
A loud deep sound people make when something is very funny
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2.7
A loud, warm laugh that shows real happiness
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3.2
A laugh that makes other people start laughing too
A happy sound that makes other people laugh
A lot of loud happy laughter that people share
A happy, lively laugh that makes people feel better
Antonyms
How Funny
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase combines 'good' (providing pleasure) with 'laugh' (an instance of amusement), so its meaning as an enjoyable or humorous experience is directly derivable from the constituents. This adjective+noun compositional pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would reliably infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Good laugh comes from a simple picture: good means 'pleasant' and laugh is the sound people make when something is funny. When friends share a loud, happy laugh that feels really enjoyable, it becomes a 'good laugh', which is why the phrase means an enjoyable, humorous time.