The very mention of the word almost always guarantees a cheap laugh.
An early lawyer joke is all it was, a cheap laugh.
Instead, the writers milk it for cheap laughs at the expense of straight people.
Jokes about short Japanese men, he said, are a cheap laugh.
The movie gropes toward a cheap laugh to shore up its lack of courage.
But some of the cheap laughs to which the picture stoops will give you the blues.
She nevertheless tried to stay true to her character "and not go for the cheap laugh".
You're all nice responsible pet owners, so Dorian didn't get his cheap laugh.
Which probably got a cheap laugh somewhere, although I can't imagine where.
I almost laughed, but I stopped myself: it would have been a cheap laugh.