fit of laughter

noun phrase

: a sudden occurrence of laughing very much

He broke into a fit of laughter.

The joke sent the audience into fits of laughter.

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Flea asked on the latest episode of the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, sending Harrelson into a fit of laughter. —

EW.com, 7 Aug. 2024 For the most part, Wilson gets the timing of the hand gestures right but seems a little unsure before giving up in a fit of laughter. —

Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024 Sensing a plot, Ivan has a spasm and breaks into a fit of laughter, a sound associated in the novel with the Devil. —

Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023 Iman and Alexa Chung could be spotted on the striped couches sipping Cosmopolitans, heads thrown back in a fit of laughter. —

Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 May 2023 In February, the actress and former TV host shared an adorable video of Mulaney teaching their son about the sounds animals make — and there was one in particular that sent him into a fit of laughter. —

Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023

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