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guf·faw

   [guh-faw, guh-]
noun
1.
a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.
verb (used without object)
2.
to laugh loudly and boisterously.

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Origin:
1710–20; perhaps imitative
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  • Either you guffaw at this in self-defense, or you go mad.
  • Someone able to spot the agenda driven non-fiction and turn it around for a point and guffaw.
  • Dirksen would say something and the reporters would guffaw.
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guffaw (ɡʌˈfɔː)
 
—n
1.  a crude and boisterous laugh
 
—vb
2.  to laugh crudely and boisterously or express (something) in this way
 
[C18: of imitative origin]

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guffaw
1720, Scot., probably imitative of the sound of coarse laughter.
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