have a laugh

Verb

Meaning

To laugh.
It was awkward at the time, but later we all had a laugh about it.

(UK, idiomatic) To joke; kid around.
Some of the kids had a laugh and put glue on the teacher's chair.
Fifty quid for that piece of junk? You're having a laugh!

(UK, idiomatic) To enjoy oneself; have fun.
We had a great laugh yesterday at the funfair.

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Examples

I think most musicians do like to have a laugh. Neil Innes

All I want to do when I have time off is to have a laugh with my school friends and go down the pub. Samantha Mumba

I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh. Teresa Palmer

I'm making the statement that we should all live life and have a laugh. Nakedness is a thing where people take notice. If you do it in the right way, people laugh. Mark Roberts

I don't really do pranks any more. I have a laugh in the dressing room here, where it's safe, and the guys don't go to the papers and tell them what I've done. Paul Gascoigne

Just once, I'd like to find a boy. And I like him and he likes me. And we have a laugh and the kissing's really good and there's no-one getting in the way of the laughing and the kissing. Is that too much to ask? Sarra Manning

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