English

Alternative forms

• laughtrack
• laugh-track

Noun

laugh track ‎(plural laugh tracks)

1. The soundtrack of laughter sounds that accompanies a television comedy show
   • 2004, Robert Kubey, Creating Television, ISBN 1135694273:

     Possibly a show with no laugh track would improve with a well-done laugh track.

   • 2012, Ridley Pearson, No Witnesses, ISBN 1401305172:

     He felt it weird to have this discussion with a laugh track running faintly in the background.

   • 2013, Allan Neuwirth, They'll Never Put That on the Air: The New Age of TV Comedy, ISBN 1581158483:

     There were shows where they let us not use a laugh track ... and portions of shows. Whenever they were in the O.R. or serious surgery, there was no laugh track.

Synonyms

• canned laughter