Laughter in animals other than humans describes animal behavior which resembles human laughter. What We Learn From Tears and Laughter. The speech was met with loud laughter and applause from the labor leaders. The laughter and applause that followed created a warm feeling for Harding. I just kind of laughed [laughter]. Johnston carried on commentating and giggling for 30 seconds before dissolving into helpless laughter. Tokyo people even occasionally imitate Kansai dialect to provoke laughter or inject humor. It was filled with adventure and wisdom, laughter and love, gallantry and grace. It provides a mechanism for speech, laughter and similar expressions of the emotions. She was said to be intelligent, witty, and quick to laughter. It was received however with much ribald laughter and antagonism. He leaves a legacy of love and laughter. His speech caused much laughter in the Convention. Unhealthy or "nervous" laughter comes from the throat. But the short introduced Goofy's distinct laughter.