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- [guh-faw, guh-]
- /gʌˈfɔ, gə-/
- /ɡʌfˈɔː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [guh-faw, guh-]
- /gʌˈfɔ, gə-/
Definitions of guffaw word
- noun guffaw a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter. 1
- verb without object guffaw to laugh loudly and boisterously. 1
- noun guffaw A loud and boisterous laugh. 1
- noun guffaw loud laughter 1
- intransitive verb guffaw laugh loudly 1
- countable noun guffaw A guffaw is a very loud laugh. 0
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Origin of guffaw
First appearance:
before 1710 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1710-20; perhaps imitative
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Parts of speech for Guffaw
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
guffaw popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for guffaw
noun guffaw
- laughter — the action or sound of laughing.
- roar — a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person: the roar of a lion.
- shout — to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
- snort — (of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound: The spirited horse snorted and shied at the train.
- shriek — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
verb guffaw
- crack up — If someone cracks up, they are under such a lot of emotional strain that they become mentally ill.
- fall about — If you say that people are falling about, you mean that they are laughing a lot about something.
adjective guffaw
- giggler — to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
- crackup — a cracking up
- chortler — One who chortles.
- crower — to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
- gurgling — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
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