ways to laugh

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  1. cackle
    emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
  2. chortle
    a soft partly suppressed laugh
  3. chuckle
    a soft partly suppressed laugh
  4. snicker
    laugh quietly
  5. snort
    a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
  6. snigger
    laugh quietly
  7. guffaw
    a burst of loud and hearty laughter
  8. jeer
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  9. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  10. giggle
    laugh nervously
  11. titter
    laugh nervously
  12. howl
    cry loudly, as of animals
  13. roar
    make a loud noise, as of an animal
  14. bray
    a cry of or similar to that of a donkey
  15. crack up
    laugh unrestrainedly
  16. hee-haw
    a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
  17. cachinnate
    laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way
Created on Thu Mar 22 13:02:40 EDT 2007

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