• Laugh-track

    Full definition of laugh-track

    Noun

    laugh-track

    (plural laugh-tracks)
      • 2002, P. Adams Sitney, Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde, 1943-2000 , I remember once being involved in the production of a film that was made to the accompaniment of howls that would have put the most callous laugh-track to shame.
      • 2002, Carla Meskill , Teaching and Learning in Real Time, Finally, the perennial laugh-tracks of sitcoms and comedy shows let us know when something funny has been said or has happened.
      • 2012, Dan O'Shannon, What Are You Laughing At?: A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event, Somehow, before the broadcast, the audience laughter got omitted and the temp laugh-track was put in by mistake.
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