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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