guffaw

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When he laughed, it was not from a sense of the ludicrous: his guffaw was a pure eruption of delighted self-conceit I thought as how as I'd like to explain to you somethin' that might 'a' hurt yer feelin's, Miss Charlton.

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  1. noun A hearty, boisterous burst of laughter.
  2. intransitive verb To laugh heartily and boisterously.

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  • '' PopoZão '' reference and John's joke about Wilmer's career and his car being in park and made me guffaw, and usual suspect DaisyJ didn't disappoint, but I think we can all agree that PopWatch is above Lindsay Lohan substance-abuse punch lines, right? —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • "We know it's easy to criticize, so we think it's time we try walking a mile - back to a repair shop - in their shoes," says older brother, 72-year-old, Tom Magliozzi, with his trademark guffaw, as a General Motors PR executive cringes nearby. —  Lone Star Times
  • I opened this up to chortle and guffaw, but as soon as I saw that terminal I stopped laughing. —  Popular Posts Across MetaFilter
  • I felt obligated to guffaw (ha!) when anyone brought up tradition as a core Yankee equity. —  Baseball Toaster
  • Instead, familiarise yourself with the ancient Irish art of backslapping -- learn how to guffaw, administer a good-natured 'slagging' (stick to the football -- that way nobody gets hurt) and witter on about 'the rugby' (especially effective, for some reason, if your superior is female). —  Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed
 

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titter ·  caw ·  cackle ·  chuckle ·  jeer ·  giggle ·  snort ·  bellow ·  grunt ·  peal ·  croak ·  hoot

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guffaw:   guffaws ·  guffawing
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Probably imitative.

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  1. Scots also guffa, gaffaw, and in shorter form gaff, gawf; origin obscure; usually said to be imitative.
  2. Scots also guffa, gaffaw, and in shorter form gaff, gawf; from the verb.
 

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/gəˈfɔ/
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