laugher

noun laugh·er \ ˈla-fər , ˈlä- \

|Updated on: 8 Jun 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

Miller roared with laugher as her adviser, Raymond C. Stevens, recounted her career shift into a meat replacement evangelist.

— bradley j. fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Cultivate joy of discovery, Scripps Research grads advised," 22 May 2018
Pausing long enough to take a selfie, Cubs catcher Willson Contreras admired his 435-foot shot into the left-center field bleachers in the sixth inning of Friday’s 11-2 laugher over the White Sox at Wrigley Field.

— david haugh, chicagotribune.com, "Willson Contreras' huge day exposes big-as-ever gap between Cubs and White Sox," 11 May 2018
By the time the night was over, the Red Sox had a 10-1 laugher, Red Sox leadoff hitter Mookie Betts had three homers, Ohtani’s record became flawed, and the bandwagon emptied.

— bob nightengale, USA TODAY, "Shohei Ohtani's Angels tenure faces its first real taste of adversity vs. Red Sox," 18 Apr. 2018
After answering the question, De Niro chuckled as the Tribeca Hub studio erupted and cheers and laugher.

— morgan m. evans, Fox News, "Robert De Niro says Donald Trump is one role he'd never play," 22 Apr. 2018
No one knew it then, but the game was essentially already over as the Seahawks would score the first 36 points in a 43-8 laugher.

— nate davis, USA TODAY, "The 51 greatest Super Bowl moments of all time," 26 Jan. 2018
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

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in the meaning defined at sense 1

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