50 Ways to Say "Laugh" in Yiddish

Normal Laughter

1) lakhn - to laugh
2) tselakhn zikh - to laugh out loud

Witchy Laughter

3) khorkhldik lakhn - to laugh with a raspy voice
4) kvoken - to cackle like a hen
5) gogern - to cackle like a goose
6) gogotshen - to cackle like a goose
7) firsken - to snort like a horse
8) hirzhen - to snort like a horse

Giggly Laughter

9) khikhen - to giggle
10) lakhn tsu zikh - to chuckle to oneself
11) lakhn in bord arayn - to chuckle into your beard
12) lakhn in di vontses arayn - to chuckle into your moustache
13) lakhn in arbl - to chuckle into your sleeve
14) lakhn in di foystn - to chuckle into your fists
15) unterlakhn - to chuckle

Onomatopoeic Laughter

16) khikhiken - to laugh with the words "hee-hee-hee!"
17) khakhaken - to laugh with the words "ha-ha-ha!"
18) khokhotshen - to laugh with the words "ho-ho-ho!"

Crying Laughter

19) lakhn far tsores - to laugh through tears
20) lakhn mit trern - to laugh with tears
21) lakhn mit yashtsherkes - to laugh out of misery (lit. "to laugh with lizards")
22) lakhn mit grine verem - to laugh out of misery (lit. "to laugh with green worms")

Hearty Laughter

23) gut onlakhn zikh - to have a good laugh
24) lakhn mit ale tseyn - to laugh with all your teeth
25) hartsik tselakhn zikh​ - to laugh heartily
26) haltn zikh bay di zaytn​ - to be in stitches
27) mitlakhn mit - to join in the laughter

Extreme Laughter

28) shtarbn fun gelekhter - to die from too much laughing
29) tseshmaltsn vern fun gelekhter - to melt away from too much laughing
30) fargeyn zikh in gelekhter - to dissolve into laughter
31) blaybn on kishkes - to blow your intestines from too much laughing
32) shtikn zikh far gelekhter - to choke from too much laughing
33) katshen zikh far gelekhter - ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing)
34) kaykhn far gelekhter - to gasp with laughter
35) oysshisn in a gelekhter - to hoot with laughter
36) tseplatst vern fun gelekhter - to explode from too much laughing
37) tsezetst vern lakhndik - to shatter from too much laughing
38) koym aynhaltn zikh dos gelekhter ​- to barely contain one's laughter

Derisive Laughter

39) oplakhn fun - to laugh at someone
40) oyslakhn - to ridicule someone
41) fartraybn mit gelekhter - to laugh someone away
42) khoyzek makhn fun - to make fun of someone
43) opshpetn fun - to scoff at someone
44) hetzken - to jeer at someone
45) nokhkrimen - to mock someone

States of Laughter

46) koym kenen zikh aynhaltn dos gelekhter - to be helpless with laughter
47) bakumen a lakh-histeriye - to have paroxysms of laughter
48) dos tsugeshtelte gelekhter - canned laughter
49) der oyfbroyz fun gelekhter - the roar of laughter
50) s'hot im ongekhapt dos gelekhter - he was overcome with laughter