laugh

/lɑːf/ noun [C]

Translation

› the act or sound of laughing

gülme, kahkaha

a loud/nervous laugh At the time, I was embarrassed, but I had a good laugh (= laughed a lot) about it later.1075

be a (good) laugh UK informal › to be funny

matrak/komik olmak, gülünç olmak

You'd like David - he's a good laugh. "How was the party?" "Oh, it was a real laugh."1454

for a laugh informal › If you do something for a laugh, you do it because you think it will be funny.

komiklik/espri/şaka olsun diye; eğlenmek için

Just for a laugh, I pretended that I'd forgotten it was his birthday.1075

(Definition of laugh noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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