make somebody laugh
1make — make1 W1S1 [meık] v past tense and past participle made [meıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce)¦ 2¦(do)¦ 3¦(cook)¦ 4¦(cause)¦ 5¦(force)¦ 6¦(mark/hole etc)¦ 7 make it 8 make the meeting/the party/Tuesday etc 9¦(achieve something)¦ …
2make faces face (at somebody) — pull/make ˈfaces/a ˈface (at sb) idiom to produce an expression on your face to show that you do not like sb/sth or in order to make sb laugh • What are you pulling a face at now? • Do you think it s funny to make faces behind my back? Main entry …
3make a face (at somebody) — pull/make ˈfaces/a ˈface (at sb) idiom to produce an expression on your face to show that you do not like sb/sth or in order to make sb laugh • What are you pulling a face at now? • Do you think it s funny to make faces behind my back? Main entry …
4make fun of somebody — make ˈfun of sb/sth idiom to laugh at sb/sth or make other people laugh at them, usually in an unkind way • It s cruel to make fun of people who stammer. Main entry: ↑funidiom …
5laugh at somebody — ˈlaugh at sb/sth derived to make sb/sth seem stupid or not serious by making jokes about them/it Syn: ↑ridicule • Everybody laughs at my accent. • She is not afraid to laugh at herself (= is not too serious about herself) …
6crack (somebody) up — v. make somebody laugh …
7laugh off — verb deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it (Freq. 1) She laughs away all these problems • Syn: ↑laugh away • Hypernyms: ↑dismiss, ↑disregard, ↑brush aside, ↑ …
8laugh at — verb subject to laughter or ridicule (Freq. 8) The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday • Syn: ↑ridicule, ↑roast, ↑ …
9make fun — verb subject to laughter or ridicule (Freq. 3) The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday • Syn: ↑ridicule, ↑roast, ↑ …
10make a face — verb contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do • Syn: ↑grimace, ↑pull a face • Derivationally related forms: ↑grimace (for: ↑grimace) …
