laugh track
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3.9
- noun
- /læf træk/
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- In many sitcoms, a laugh track is used to enhance the comedic moments and make them more enjoyable.
- laugh track sitcom
- TV with a laugh track
- comedy with a laugh track
And it's a joke that landed about as hard as a Big Bang Theory joke, except they forgot to put the laugh track in.
- And it's a joke that landed about as hard as a Big Bang Theory joke, except they forgot to put the laugh track in.
- I would probably, I'd say I could, I could crush a whole episode in six blinks if it didn't have the laugh track.
Examples
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We went back to her house, tiptoed to Juanita's room, which was next to the kitchen, and listened outside her door to hear the laugh track from her TV show.
Fiction book (1996) -
Offstage, we hear the sound of a television set turned low on a situation comedy, the laugh track erupting now and then.
Fiction book (1996) -
There was a game show on TV with a laugh track.
Fiction book (1991) -
There was no laugh track on that night.
Fiction book (1996) -
You can barely hear the laugh track.
Blog text (1) -
I tried to watch it but couldn't get past the laugh track.
Blog text (27) -
Anders was watching some program with a loud laugh track.
Fiction book (1999) -
Yes, yes, yes... the laugh track was loud and distracting.
Blog text (27) -
I could hear a television laugh track giggling and guffawing inside the room.
Fiction book (1996) -
The BBC reports a new study proves that laughter from a studio audience or even canned laugh tracks can actually make jokes funnier.
How Natural
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a recording of laughter added to a show' is directly derivable from combining 'laugh' (the sound of amusement) with 'track' (an audio recording or recorded piece). This noun-noun compound follows a transparent compositional pattern and the concept (canned laughter/a recorded laugh track) is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun laugh track comes from early radio and TV when shows played a recorded sound of people laughing on a separate track. Imagine a hidden laugh playing behind the actors. That's why it means 'a recorded laugh added to a show to make the jokes seem funnier'.