laugher

noun laugh·er \ ˈla-fər , ˈlä- \

Updated on: 14 Apr 2018

Definition of laugher

1 : one that laughs

2 : something (such as a game) that is easily won or handled

Recent Examples of laugher from the Web

The walls were hard and wooden so each laugh would bounce around, echoing, convincing even the tough laughers in the crowd to drop their guard and join in the fun.

— marielle wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, "“It Was Our Clubhouse”: Comedians and Artists React to the Closing of Meltdown Comics," 28 Mar. 2018
Arizona turned Game 6 into a 15-2 laugher as Johnson went seven innings with seven strikeouts and the Diamondbacks, who scored eight times in the third inning, pounded out 22 hits against four Yankees pitchers.

— bob mcmanaman, azcentral, "'You've gotta believe!' The Diamondbacks did just that during the 2001 World Series," 27 Mar. 2018
Last year, those numbers add up to a Cleveland laugher.

— chris fedor, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Cavaliers' road to NBA Finals has never been tougher, as changed Toronto Raptors show: Chris Fedor," 22 Mar. 2018
Will Wade's first season as LSU's basketball coach came unceremonious conclusion as Utah led the Tigers from start to finish in a 95-71 second-round NIT laugher Monday night in Salt Lake City.

— ron higgins, NOLA.com, "Utah buries LSU basketball season with an avalanche of 3's," 19 Mar. 2018
Hamidou Diallo also went off — going 9 for 12 and scoring all but 4 of his 22 points in the second half while the Wildcats were turning this one into a laugher.

— BostonGlobe.com, "More Loyola prayers answered in victory," 18 Mar. 2018
Brosh McKenna will produce the untitled-laugher set in the world of law enforcement, with Specter and Wauchope penning the scripts.

— etan vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, "Aline Brosh McKenna to Produce Female-Driven Comedy for Paramount Players," 9 Mar. 2018
Mississippi State overwhelmed Florida with a 34-5 run that turned a three-point game into a laugher.

— USA TODAY, "Johnson scores 22, No. 2 Miss State handles Florida 98-50," 8 Feb. 2018
The animation is foolproof in its combination of ingenuity and obviousness, and the script obliterates the difference between a laugher and a groaner.

— a.o. scott, New York Times, "Review: ‘Early Man’ Is a Very Funny Trip to the Past," 15 Feb. 2018

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15th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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