[
US
/ɡəˈfɔ/
]
[ UK /ɡˈʌfɔː/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈʌfɔː/ ]
NOUN
- a burst of deep loud hearty laughter
VERB
- laugh boisterously
How To Use guffaw In A Sentence
- This proposal was met with guffaws of laughter from the Labour-dominated committee, which included the then Coun Keith Thomson.
- Maura let out a nervous guffaw before clapping her hand over her mouth again, keeping her giggles silent.
- Billy slapped his knee and guffawed, and he began choking on his pretzel he had shoveled into his mouth. Kari Gremore: An All-American Tea Party
- It goes on and on, but I didn't want it to end, found myself sitting at the computer snorting and guffawing at the over-the-top shmaltzy spectacularity. 15 Minutes of Bliss
- As someone who's always found Bob Dylan amusing and kind of absurd, I guffawed (at 3 a.m.; scared the opossums) at Idle's startling transformation into ol 'Uncle Bobby, strummin' and harpin 'and bleatin' nearly incomprehensibly about Brian's theme of "Individuals. Gregory Weinkauf: Not the Messiah: Monty Python Strikes Again!
- Such a remark ordinarily would deserve no more than a hearty guffaw.
- That sort of warm repartee - delivered, as always, with a hearty guffaw - is one of the things Beazley detractors are suspicious about.
- Inside my mother was still eating, and the men and girls next to our place were laughing and guffawing.
- I read it, however, with unscholarly whoops, guffaws, and gasps. Times, Sunday Times
- Everyone was a little tense, slapping each other on the back and making double entendre remarks that were rewarded with great guffaws. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES