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Meanings of guffaw in English

Portuguese
gargalhada
Catalan
riallada
Spanish
carcajada

A burst of deep loud hearty laughter.

        gargalhada
        Catalan
        petar-se de riure
        Spanish
        reírse a carcajadas

        Laugh boisterously.

              petar-se de riure
              Usage of guffaw in English
              1
              She smiled contortedly in nominal pain before releasing it in a guffaw.
              Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
              2
              Not a guffaw in it, but a smile in every fifth line.
              Fanny Herself
              3
              And then a member of the general public gave a loud guffaw.
              The Lodger
              4
              Fletcher flushed purple and threw off his rage in a sneering guffaw.
              The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields
              5
              Joseph Hutchinson broke into a huge guffaw, and he stamped in exultation.
              T. Tembarom
              6
              Bear Walker was at first amazed, and then gave a loud guffaw.
              Rage of the Dragon
              7
              I thought I caught a muffled guffaw from one of the locals.
              Woken furies
              8
              Trey ripped the air with his loudest guffaw and slapped the table.
              Shutter Island
              9
              She es mine! He laughs again, this time a hearty, bellicose guffaw.
              The whore of babylon, a memoir
              10
              There was a quick guffaw of laughter, during which John Spencer rose.
              Judith of the Godless Valley
              11
              Eddie let out a guffaw, and Colton punched him in the stomach.
              Sophie's world
              12
              He'll bite! some one shouted, and a guffaw of laughter went up.
              The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
              13
              Or the next time they needed a good guffaw, they'd look me up.
              Calamity jayne
              14
              For whole minutes they can't do anything but start partial sentences and guffaw.
              Real life & liars
              15
              The guffaw came from nowhere and returned there a moment later.
              The incumbent
              16
              Marsha chuckled in her deep-throated way, a guttural guffaw that indicated real amusement.
              For whom the minivan rolls: an aaron tucker mystery
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              Translations for guffaw
              Portuguese
              gargalhada
              Guffaw through the time
              Guffaw across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common