Type of Laughs

Laugh – Types

It can be classified as:

• Intensity: the chuckle, the titter, the giggle, the chortle, the cackle, the belly laugh, the sputtering burst.
• The overtness: snicker, snigger, guffaw.
• The respiratory pattern involved: snort.
• The emotion it is expressed with: relief, mirth, joy, happiness, embarrassment, apology, confusion, nervous laughter, paradoxical laughter, courtesy laugh, evil laughter.
• The sequence of notes or pitches it produces. It may be subjectively measured on the Andreoli scale for heartiness, with a higher measure denoting greater robustness, generally in a manly aspect.