English

Noun

laughtrack ‎(plural laughtracks)

1. Alternative form of laugh track
   • 1998, Gremlin, Lurkers, ISBN 0557057973, page 102:

     I can add a laughtrack if no one in our studio audience happens to get the joke.

   • 2004, Douglas Pratt, Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!, ISBN 1932916008:

     The monophonic sound is fine and on most of the episodes, it can be played back with or without the laughtrack, though without the laughtrack it seems a bit naked.

   • 2005, G. Allrath & ‎M. Gymnich, Narrative Strategies in Television Series, ISBN 0230501001, page 19:

     The laughtrack is a straightforward means of directing the viewers' reception by indicating which scenes are intended to be comic and by influencing the viewers' reaction to the characters.