Try for goal, not starting to laugh (4)
I believe the answer is:
hoot
'laugh' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'try for goal not starting' is the wordplay.
'try for goal' becomes 'shoot' (as in shooting for a goal in football).
'not starting' means to remove the first letter.
'shoot' with its first letter taken off is 'HOOT'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hoot that I've seen before include "Cry of owl" , "Funny thing (informal);bird call" , "Raucous cry" , "Honk - laugh" , "Screech" .)