Collocations for laughter - noun

hearty, helpless, hysterical, insane, loud, maniacal (esp. AmE), raucous, uncontrollable, uproarious, wild
I heard sounds of raucous laughter upstairs.

happy
infectious
Her infectious laughter had everyone smiling.

nervous
muffled, quiet, silent, soft, suppressed
She was bent over with suppressed laughter.

derisive, mocking
cruel, evil, sinister
Andrea burst into cruel laughter.

drunken
Gerry exploded into more drunken laughter.

canned
the canned laughter of a sitcom

bark, hoot, howl, roar, shout, shriek, snort
He gave a sudden bellow of laughter.

fit
Everyone dissolved into fits of laughter when they saw my haircut.

bout (AmE), burst, chorus, gale, guffaw, peal, ripple, round, wave
His suggestion was greeted with peals of laughter.
A ripple of laughter ran around the room.
That comment brought another round of laughter.

burst into, dissolve into, explode with
bellow with, cackle with, hoot with, howl with, roar with, scream with, shriek with, snort with, squeal with
rock with, shake with
draw, elicit, provoke
Hunter's statement drew laughter from the crowd.
The joke provoked laughter from all of them.

choke back (esp. AmE), contain, control, hide, hold back, muffle, smother (esp. AmE), stifle, suppress
Will was no longer able to contain his laughter.