guffaw

(gə-fô')
n.
A hearty, boisterous burst of laughter.

intr.v., -fawed, -faw·ing, -faws.
To laugh heartily and boisterously.

[Probably imitative.]

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noun

An act of laughing: cachinnation, cackle, laugh, laughter. Informal heehaw. See laughter, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

verb

1. To express great amusement or mirth: roar. Informal break up. Slang howl. See laughter.
2. To express amusement, mirth, or scorn by smiling and emitting loud, inarticulate sounds: cachinnate, cackle, laugh. Informal heehaw. Idioms: die laughing, laugh one's head off, roll in the aisles, split one's sides. See laughter, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

For a list of words related to guffaw, see:

• Speech Sounds
• Grunts, Calls, and Sounds

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See words rhyming with "guffaw."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - skraldlatter, rungende latter
v. intr. - skraldgrine, le skraldende

Nederlands (Dutch)
bulderen, schaterlach

Français (French)
n. - gros éclat de rire
v. intr. - partir d'un gros éclat de rire

Deutsch (German)
v. - in Gelächter ausbrechen
n. - Lachsalve

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καγχάζω (κν. χαχανίζω), ξεσπώ στα γέλια
n. - καγχασμός (κν. χάχανο), βροντερό γέλιο

Italiano (Italian)
sganasciarsi dalle risa, risata fragorosa

Português (Portuguese)
v. - gargalhar
n. - gargalhada (f)

Русский (Russian)
гогот, гоготать

Español (Spanish)
n. - carcajada, risada, risotada
v. intr. - reírse a carcajadas

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gapskratta
n. - gapskratt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
哄笑, 狂笑, 大笑, 捧腹大笑

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 哄笑, 狂笑
v. intr. - 大笑, 捧腹大笑

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 너털웃음, 큰 웃음
v. intr. - 너털웃음을 웃다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 突然の高笑い, ばか笑い
v. - ばか笑いする, ばか笑いして言う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقهقه (الاسم) قهقهه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צחוק רם, צחוק גס‬
v. intr. - ‮פרץ בצחוק רם‬

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