gerund
It is the activity of making a happy sound with your voice, often because something is funny.
Laughing can help you relax.
Her laughing made everyone smile.
American English
How to pronounce laughing
verb · adjectiveA2Very common word
LAAfihng
/ˈlæ.fɪŋ/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Form of laugh
English uses laughing for the activity itself, for an action in progress, and before a noun to describe someone or something that is laughing.
It is the activity of making a happy sound with your voice, often because something is funny.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
present participle
It describes someone who is making a happy sound with their voice, often because something is funny.
They were laughing at the joke.
I heard the children laughing outside.
gerund
It is the activity of treating a person or idea as silly or ridiculous, often in an unkind way.
Laughing at people can hurt them.
Laughing at my idea was unfair.
present participle
It describes someone who is treating a person or idea as silly or ridiculous, often in an unkind way.
Stop laughing at my mistake.
They were laughing at his accent.
Useful expressions
to laugh so that other people can hear you
We laughed out loud at the video.
to enjoy laughing together
We had a good laugh after dinner.
for fun, and not seriously
I only said it for laughs.