guffaw
noun/ɡəˈfɔː/UK/ɡəˈfɔ/US/ɡəˈfɑ/
Etymology
Early 18th century, originally Scots, probably onomatopoeic.
Definitions
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 humiliation.
- He walked to the edge and they heard his hoarse guffaw of laughter as the arrows clanged and clattered against his impenetrable mail.
- He heaved up with a sulfurous curse, braced his legs and glared about him, with a burst of coarse guffaws in his ears and the reek of unwashed bodies in his nostrils.
To laugh boisterously.
- He guffawed at his adversaries.
- Peter, on the contrary, threw back his head and guffawed thunderously.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for guffaw. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA