guffaw
11guffaw — noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1720 a loud or boisterous burst of laughter • guffaw intransitive verb …
12guffaw — 1. noun /ɡəˈfɔː,ɡəˈfɔ,ɡəˈfoː/ A boisterous laugh On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and… …
13guffaw — guf|faw [gəˈfo: US ˈfo:] v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: From the sound] to laugh loudly ▪ We guffawed at what Graham had written. >guffaw[i] n ▪ The announcement was greeted with loud guffaws …
14guffaw — /gu faw , geuh /, n. 1. a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter. v.i. 2. to laugh loudly and boisterously. [1710 20; perh. imit.] * * * …
15guffaw — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, be in stitches, belly laugh, boff, boffola, break up, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chortle …
16guffaw — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. roar, cachinnation, horselaugh, belly laugh; see laugh . See Synonym Study at laugh . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. roar, howl, burst of laughter. see laugh III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun An act of laughing:… …
17guffaw — guf|faw [ gə fɔ ] verb intransitive to laugh very loudly ╾ guf|faw noun count …
18guffaw — guf·faw || gÊŒ fÉ”Ë n. loud laugh v. burst into loud laughter …
19guffaw — [gə fɔ:] noun a loud and hearty laugh. verb laugh loudly and heartily. Origin C18 (orig. Scots): imitative …
20guffaw — n. Laugh (boisterous or loud), horse laugh …
