Main entry: gag, jape, jest, laugh, joke
Definition: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Usage: he told a very funny joke; he knows a million gags; thanks for the laugh; he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest; even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
Main entry: laugh
Definition: a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
Usage: his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision
Definition: the sound of laughing
Main entry: laugh, express joy, express mirth
Definition: produce laughter