An involuntary expression of merriment and pleasure; it includes the patterned motor responses as well as the inarticulate vocalization.
Therapeutic use of humor and laughter to improve emotional well being and health.
The faculty of expressing the amusing, clever, or comical or the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
A facial expression which may denote feelings of pleasure, affection, amusement, etc.
To utter an inarticulate, characteristic sound in order to communicate or express a feeling, or desire for attention.