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guffaw

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guf⋅faw

  [guh-faw, guh-]
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–noun
1. a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.
–verb (used without object)
2. to laugh loudly and boisterously.
Origin:
1710–20; perh. imit.
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guf·faw   (gə-fô')   
n.  A hearty, boisterous burst of laughter.
intr.v.   guf·fawed, guf·faw·ing, guf·faws
To laugh heartily and boisterously.

[Probably imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

guffaw 
1720, Scot., probably imitative of the sound of coarse laughter.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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