laugh track

noun

: recorded laughter that accompanies dialogue or action (as of a television program)

Examples of laugh track in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The first season set a high bar for guest stars, with Julia Fox playing herself, but the sequel season ups the ante with Raven-Symoné entering as Anton’s sister Talia, to the tune of her own personal laugh track. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Soon, the producers created a whole catalog of different laugh tracks. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Aug. 2026

The beloved series started as a single-camera show with a laugh track before adopting the multicam format with a live studio audience. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

Those snobs say the studio audience or, heaven forbid, the laugh track, do all the work. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for laugh track

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback