The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.
An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour
A small woman's handbag; a reticule.
to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of