guffaw

created by arfarf
(thing) by arfarf (1.6 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:39:32
A belly laugh, laugh loudly and boisterously. What you may do when you hear a joke that's so good you lose control.

As opposed to a mere tee hee, snigger, snicker, chuckle, or snort.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:59:58

Guf*faw" (), n.

A loud burst of laughter, a horse laugh.

"A hearty low guffaw."

Carlyle.

 

© Webster 1913.

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