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Definition of guffaw in English: guffawnoun ɡəˈfɔːɡəˈfɔ A loud and hearty laugh. Example sentencesExamples - That drew a laugh, but not guffaws, from the editors.
- My suggestion that spying should be secret was met with a loud but friendly guffaw from an attendant.
- More style than substance, he spends more time discussing his new suits or launching hearty guffaws than breaking down football teams.
- I nearly died in an eruption of guffaws when Mike tries to get Boo to laugh.
- Placing one arm akimbo, he laughed merrily, almost obnoxiously, and his father joined him with that deep jeering guffaw Wilfred loathed so desperately.
- Rushing down a hallway she hears a burble of conversation and an occasional male guffaw, but as she enters the room utter silence descends.
- True to her word, there were the unmistakable sound of Clark's hearty guffaws spilling into the room.
- My 7 year old brother was transfixed and I laughed my first genuine guffaws in a theater in a long time.
- The sergeant, getting a pair of scissors, soon freed the car from its encumbrance, upon which the householder and the lodgers burst into loud guffaws of laughter.
- Unable to control herself any longer, she started giggling, letting it cascade into a full blown guffaw.
- The workers' hearty guffaws followed her as she went through the swarm of mice quickly.
- She paused before letting out a short but loud guffaw.
- In response the dark guard howled out another guffaw.
- There came a loud almost evil-sounding guffaw from behind them.
- Whether overheard in a crowded restaurant, punctuating the enthusiastic chatter of friends, or as the noisy guffaws on a TV laugh track, laughter is a fundamental part of everyday life.
- Isaiah and Gabe burst into loud guffaws of laughter, startling the hikers in front of us.
- This proposal was met with guffaws of laughter from the Labour-dominated committee, which included the then Coun Keith Thomson.
- I may have smiled, but I felt no chortle, snigger, or guffaw escape my throat.
- Those looking for more meaning here than silly belly laughs and guffaws are bound to be disappointed.
- Bleak as the film is, there is occasional respite in the script, drawing wry smiles rather than hearty guffaws.
- It turned from a laugh into a guffaw; his face beat red with a tear brimming in his left eye.
- You might hear some pretty loud guffaws on that one.
- Harry greets the mix up with a guffaw of laughter.
- Suddenly the tension broke and loud guffaws shattered the silence.
- Such a remark ordinarily would deserve no more than a hearty guffaw.
- A raised eyebrow, loud guffaw, smirk or other facial expressions could all be banned in future political debate under rules proposed for the city council of the Californian city of Palo Alto.
- I don't think I ever let out a hearty guffaw, but I chuckled on a number of occasions.
- I think I may be a little self absorbed (T hears guffaws of knowing laughter from various corners of the globe).
- The rest of the football jocks, all of whom are getting A's somehow, laugh their pitiful guffaws.
- Coach Rams burst into loud guffaws of laughter.
- Thor gave a loud guffaw, and slapped the man on his shoulders.
- They film him conducting ‘interviews’ with players in which the ‘questions’ seem composed entirely of hearty guffaws and backslaps.
- And with that, he gave one final manic guffaw before disappearing in a puff of black smoke.
- He seemed to have heard her thoughts rather than her actual words, giving a hearty guffaw.
- At that, the speaker releases a hearty guffaw, for this is the fruit of his ploy.
- What was worse was that I recognized two of the loud guffaws.
- A silence fell over the room followed by a loud guffaw.
- I could hear Keith's loud guffaws through the cheers and whistles.
- Loud guffaws rent the air and before one wave of laughter could die another surged in.
- You just thought that the red-headed lady with the corny song was funny, and deserving not only of a quiet chuckle, the restrained acknowledgment of tragicomedy, but of a hearty guffaw.
Synonyms hearty laugh, loud laugh, roar of laughter, hoot of laughter, shriek of laughter, peal of laughter, belly laugh
verb ɡəˈfɔːɡəˈfɔ [no object]Laugh loudly and heartily. both men guffawed at the remark Example sentencesExamples - The others guffawed loudly and I could hear them exchanging teasing blows.
- Then a strange bloke started to hover near us (not literally although that would have been fun!) and every time I laughed he quietly guffawed.
- Some were shouting angrily, some were talking loudly… and others were guffawing.
- Her husband, also a film star, most laid back, most charming and who I was meeting for the first time, guffawed loudly and candidly acted out an impromptu spiel for me.
- The Sheriff guffawed loudly at his own joke, though no one else joined in.
- We'd sit around the magazine guffawing at the ludicrous stories that kept sprouting, but belief in shadowy neocon influence has now hardened into common knowledge.
- And then she has to meet the right man and go on dates and fall in love before being engaged for at least a year and then her gorgeous young guy zooms into the room, guffawing like a teenager, riding the scooter he gave her as a gift.
- Inside my mother was still eating, and the men and girls next to our place were laughing and guffawing.
- Randall guffawed loudly before returning his book to the bookshelf by his window.
- I guffawed to the point of strangers asking what I was laughing at.
- They roared, guffawed, bantered, clinked glasses, made oafish attempts to chat up the waitress, and roared a bit more when one managed to get a fraction bit more of her attention than anyone else.
- And I laughed and guffawed at the irony of it, and even Verge did let forth a merry mirth-filled giggle.
- The bizarrely rich visitor guffawed loudly and strolled out the door.
- The man guffawed loudly, slapping his hands on his obese legs.
- The nearby surrounding crowd broke into a smattering of laughter, not to mention his buddies who all guffawed loudly.
- On a typical evening, one can see U.S. soldiers smoking from 4-foot-tall hookahs and security contractors guffawing over beer, their machine guns by their sides.
- I did, however, see them tittering, shrieking, guffawing and hooting with laughter at the madcap slapstick that has become the trademark of these two spiky-haired, South Yorkshire clowns.
- As you sit in a small, black theatre watching a contemporary dance piece, the woman beside you sighs with knowing delight, while the man behind you heartily guffawed about five minutes ago, but who knows why?
- Karl guffawed loudly, but covered it with a cough and rolled over.
- She guffawed quite loudly, and then continued forth with several high-pitched giggles.
Synonyms laugh heartily, laugh loudly, roar with laughter, hoot with laughter, laugh uncontrollably roar, bellow, cackle, howl informal laugh like a drain
Origin Early 18th century (originally Scots): imitative. Rhymes abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your Definition of guffaw in US English: guffawnounɡəˈfɔɡəˈfô A loud and boisterous laugh. Example sentencesExamples - I nearly died in an eruption of guffaws when Mike tries to get Boo to laugh.
- I could hear Keith's loud guffaws through the cheers and whistles.
- Suddenly the tension broke and loud guffaws shattered the silence.
- A raised eyebrow, loud guffaw, smirk or other facial expressions could all be banned in future political debate under rules proposed for the city council of the Californian city of Palo Alto.
- At that, the speaker releases a hearty guffaw, for this is the fruit of his ploy.
- Harry greets the mix up with a guffaw of laughter.
- Loud guffaws rent the air and before one wave of laughter could die another surged in.
- A silence fell over the room followed by a loud guffaw.
- Coach Rams burst into loud guffaws of laughter.
- Bleak as the film is, there is occasional respite in the script, drawing wry smiles rather than hearty guffaws.
- Placing one arm akimbo, he laughed merrily, almost obnoxiously, and his father joined him with that deep jeering guffaw Wilfred loathed so desperately.
- There came a loud almost evil-sounding guffaw from behind them.
- She paused before letting out a short but loud guffaw.
- The rest of the football jocks, all of whom are getting A's somehow, laugh their pitiful guffaws.
- You might hear some pretty loud guffaws on that one.
- Such a remark ordinarily would deserve no more than a hearty guffaw.
- The workers' hearty guffaws followed her as she went through the swarm of mice quickly.
- I may have smiled, but I felt no chortle, snigger, or guffaw escape my throat.
- My 7 year old brother was transfixed and I laughed my first genuine guffaws in a theater in a long time.
- Whether overheard in a crowded restaurant, punctuating the enthusiastic chatter of friends, or as the noisy guffaws on a TV laugh track, laughter is a fundamental part of everyday life.
- Isaiah and Gabe burst into loud guffaws of laughter, startling the hikers in front of us.
- In response the dark guard howled out another guffaw.
- That drew a laugh, but not guffaws, from the editors.
- I think I may be a little self absorbed (T hears guffaws of knowing laughter from various corners of the globe).
- Those looking for more meaning here than silly belly laughs and guffaws are bound to be disappointed.
- More style than substance, he spends more time discussing his new suits or launching hearty guffaws than breaking down football teams.
- This proposal was met with guffaws of laughter from the Labour-dominated committee, which included the then Coun Keith Thomson.
- He seemed to have heard her thoughts rather than her actual words, giving a hearty guffaw.
- I don't think I ever let out a hearty guffaw, but I chuckled on a number of occasions.
- My suggestion that spying should be secret was met with a loud but friendly guffaw from an attendant.
- Thor gave a loud guffaw, and slapped the man on his shoulders.
- It turned from a laugh into a guffaw; his face beat red with a tear brimming in his left eye.
- The sergeant, getting a pair of scissors, soon freed the car from its encumbrance, upon which the householder and the lodgers burst into loud guffaws of laughter.
- And with that, he gave one final manic guffaw before disappearing in a puff of black smoke.
- True to her word, there were the unmistakable sound of Clark's hearty guffaws spilling into the room.
- What was worse was that I recognized two of the loud guffaws.
- They film him conducting ‘interviews’ with players in which the ‘questions’ seem composed entirely of hearty guffaws and backslaps.
- Unable to control herself any longer, she started giggling, letting it cascade into a full blown guffaw.
- Rushing down a hallway she hears a burble of conversation and an occasional male guffaw, but as she enters the room utter silence descends.
- You just thought that the red-headed lady with the corny song was funny, and deserving not only of a quiet chuckle, the restrained acknowledgment of tragicomedy, but of a hearty guffaw.
Synonyms hearty laugh, loud laugh, roar of laughter, hoot of laughter, shriek of laughter, peal of laughter, belly laugh
verbɡəˈfɔɡəˈfô [no object]Laugh in a loud or boisterous way. both men guffawed at the remark Example sentencesExamples - They roared, guffawed, bantered, clinked glasses, made oafish attempts to chat up the waitress, and roared a bit more when one managed to get a fraction bit more of her attention than anyone else.
- I guffawed to the point of strangers asking what I was laughing at.
- Karl guffawed loudly, but covered it with a cough and rolled over.
- The Sheriff guffawed loudly at his own joke, though no one else joined in.
- Randall guffawed loudly before returning his book to the bookshelf by his window.
- And then she has to meet the right man and go on dates and fall in love before being engaged for at least a year and then her gorgeous young guy zooms into the room, guffawing like a teenager, riding the scooter he gave her as a gift.
- And I laughed and guffawed at the irony of it, and even Verge did let forth a merry mirth-filled giggle.
- The nearby surrounding crowd broke into a smattering of laughter, not to mention his buddies who all guffawed loudly.
- I did, however, see them tittering, shrieking, guffawing and hooting with laughter at the madcap slapstick that has become the trademark of these two spiky-haired, South Yorkshire clowns.
- The bizarrely rich visitor guffawed loudly and strolled out the door.
- Her husband, also a film star, most laid back, most charming and who I was meeting for the first time, guffawed loudly and candidly acted out an impromptu spiel for me.
- Then a strange bloke started to hover near us (not literally although that would have been fun!) and every time I laughed he quietly guffawed.
- The others guffawed loudly and I could hear them exchanging teasing blows.
- Inside my mother was still eating, and the men and girls next to our place were laughing and guffawing.
- The man guffawed loudly, slapping his hands on his obese legs.
- She guffawed quite loudly, and then continued forth with several high-pitched giggles.
- On a typical evening, one can see U.S. soldiers smoking from 4-foot-tall hookahs and security contractors guffawing over beer, their machine guns by their sides.
- Some were shouting angrily, some were talking loudly… and others were guffawing.
- We'd sit around the magazine guffawing at the ludicrous stories that kept sprouting, but belief in shadowy neocon influence has now hardened into common knowledge.
- As you sit in a small, black theatre watching a contemporary dance piece, the woman beside you sighs with knowing delight, while the man behind you heartily guffawed about five minutes ago, but who knows why?
Synonyms laugh heartily, laugh loudly, roar with laughter, hoot with laughter, laugh uncontrollably
Origin Early 18th century (originally Scots): imitative. |