How do you pronounce “laugh”?

noun

How to pronounce

/læf/

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Noun: An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.“His deep laughs boomed through the room.”
Verb: To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.“There were many laughing children running on the school grounds.”

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