хћхот laughter, loud laughter

В отвљт на егћ словђ раздђлся презрќтельный хћхот. Loud, scornful laughter broke out in response to his words.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the use of the word хћхот "loud, unrestrained laughter" to refer to the action and sound of laughing, i.e. to the expression of merriment or amusement. Note that the English word "laughter" corresponds to two Russian words: смљх and хћхот. For the difference between these two Russian words, see Lexical Relationships: Synonyms.

Morphology

хћхот SS Part. -у; m.in.noun

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose laughter it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Хћхот мальчќшек дћлго преслљдовал егћ. The boys' laughter haunted him for a long time.
Пљтя не мћг забІть ќх хћхот. Petya could not forget their laughter.
NB When the word хћхот functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction хћхот у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Хћхот у негћ бІл такћй грћмкий, что Мђша зажђла џши. His laugh was so loud that Masha covered her ears.

Lexical Relationships

Synonyms

смљх laughter; a laugh
NB The word хћхот refers to loud, unrestrained laughter, while the word смљх only denotes "laughter."
гћгот guffaw, loud, vulgar laughter

Diminutives

хохотћк laughter; a laugh

Syntactic derivatives

хохотђть to guffaw, to laugh loudly and without restraint

An instance of laughter

взрІв хћхотаg a burst of laughter
Расскђзанный анекдћт вІзвал взрІв ћбщего хћхота. The joke elicited a burst of laughter from the crowd.
прќступ хћхотаg a fit of laughter

Loudness and other auditory properties

грћмкий хћхот loud guffawing
гомерќческий хћхот Bookish homeric laughter
громоподћбный хћхот Bookish thunderous laughter
дќкий хћхот Colloquial wild laughter
жеребїчий хћхот lewd laughter
NB The above expression usually refers to the lewd laughter of young men.
Расскђзчик бІл вознаграждён жеребїчьим хћхотом. The guy who told the joke was rewarded with a round of lewd laughter.
раскђтистый хћхот; раскђты хћхотаg peals of laughter
Врљмя от врљмени из сђда доносќлись раскђты хћхота. From time to time, peals of laughter came from the garden.

Other properties

здорћвый хћхот robust laughter
И тџт ћн закатќлся здорћвым молодІм хћхотом. And then he went off into a peal of robust, youthful laughter.
неудержќмый хћхот irrepressible laughter
Laughing and hearing laughter

Constructions with the person as the subject of the clause

хохотђть/расхохотђться, захохотђть [Pf-begin] to guffaw, to laugh loudly and without restraint
разражђться/разразќться хћхотомi;
закђтываться/закатќться хћхотомi;
заливђться/залќться хћхотомi 		to burst out laughing
надорвђть себљd живћтикиa Colloquial to split one's sides laughing
Ћй, какћй бІл смешнћй клћун! МІ прїмо себљ живћтики надорвђли! Oh, that clown was so funny! We split our sides laughing!
умирђть [no Pf.] от хћхотаg;
помирђть [no Pf.] от хћхотаg Colloquial;
чџть не умерљть [no Impf.] от хћхотаg 		to die from laughter
сдљрживать/сдержђть хћхотa;
подавлїть/подавќть хћхотa 		to restrain laughter
зажимђть/зажђть (себљd) рћтa рукћйi to press one's hand to one's mouth (to suppress laughter)
встрљтить [no Impf.] Na хћхотомi to greet N with laughter
NB The subject of the above expression usually denotes a group of people.
Пџблика встрљтила іти словђ хћхотом. The public greeted these words with laughter.

Constructions with laughter as the subject of the clause

раздавђться/раздђться: раздаётся хћхотn;
слІшаться/послІшаться: послІшался хћхотn
доносќться/донестќсь: донћсится хћхотn 		laughter is/was heard
Из сђда донёсся жљнский хћхот. The sound of feminine laughter came from the garden.
разбирђть/разобрђть: Na разби-рђет хћхотn Colloquial N has a strong urge to laugh, N has the giggles
Expressing emotional states and attitudes

Positive

весёлый хћхот merry laughter

Negative

презрќтельный хћхот contemptuous laughter
саркастќческий хћхот sarcastic laughter
злорђдный хћхот malicious laughter
злћбный хћхот spiteful laughter
сатанќнский хћхот satanic laughter

Other emotional states

истерќческий хћхот hysterical laughter

Movements and other physical reactions that accompany laughter

катђться [no Pf.] от хћхотаg;
с нћгg валќться [no Pf.] от хћхотаg 		to fall over laughing
хватђться/схватќться за бокђa to slap one's sides
трястќсь/затрястќсь [Pf-begin] от хћхотаg;
сотрясђться [no Pf.]: тљлоn Ng сотрясђется от хћхотаg 		N shakes with laughter
колыхђться/заколыхђться [Pf-begin]: живћтn колІшется от хћхотаg;
трястќсь/затрястќсь [Pf-begin]: живћтn трясётся от хћхотаg 		someone's belly shakes from laughter
выступђть/вІступить: на глазђхp слёзыn вІступили от хћхотаg tears sprang to someone's eyes from laughter

Other expressions

хохотџн someone who laughs easily, a giggler (male)
хохотџнья; хохотџшка someone who laughs easily, a giggler (female)
ћбщий хћхот general laughter
Собрђние закћнчилось ћбщим хћхотом. The meeting ended in general laughter.
дрџжный хћхот general laughter
бІть [no Pf.] встрљчен хћхотомi to be greeted by laughter
Јти словђ бІли встрљчены дрџжным хћхотом. These words were greeted with general laughter.

Sample texts

Јта рљплика вІзвала у зрќтелей нћвый прќступ хћхота. The remark elicited a fresh bout of laughter from the audience.
Заявлљние Кћли бІло встрљчено хћхотом. Kolya's announcement was greeted with laughter.