Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. --Shak.
He laugheth that winneth. --Heywood's
Prov.
2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful,
lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets
crowned. --Dryden.
In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. --Pope.
{To laugh at}, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to
make fun of; to deride.
No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to
laugh at, which he valued more. --Pope.
Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?
--Shak.
I shall laugh myself to death. --Shak.
2. To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.
From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause.
--Shak.
{To laugh away}.
(a) To drive away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret.
(b) To waste in hilarity. ``Pompey doth this day laugh
away his fortune.'' --Shak.
{To laugh down}.
(a) To cause to cease or desist by laughter; as, to laugh
down a speaker.
(b) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule; as, to
laugh down a reform.
{To laugh one out of}, to cause one by laughter or ridicule
to abandon or give up; as, to laugh one out of a plan or
purpose.
{To laugh to scorn}, to deride; to treat with mockery,
contempt, and scorn; to despise.
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
--Goldsmith.
That man is a bad man who has not within him the power
of a hearty laugh. --F. W.
Robertson.
Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And
grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
Wotton.
The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
ruffian. --Burke.
{Sardonic grin} or {laugh}, an old medical term for a
spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it
an appearance of laughter.