ETYM From Chuck.
To laugh quietly or with restraint; SYN. chortle, laugh softly.

1. To rhapsodize about.
2. To suffer a nervous breakdown; SYN. crack, crock up, break up, collapse.

To produce laughter; SYN. express joy, express mirth.

1. To treat with contemptuous disregard; SYN. flout.
2. To show contempt by derisive acts or language
3. To treat or address with derision; mock

1. A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
2. The sound of laughing; SYN. laughter.

ETYM as. hleahtor; akin to Old High Germ. hlahtar, German gelächter, Icel. hlâtr, Dan. latter. Related to Laugh.
The act of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth of scorn.