guffaw
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of guffaw
First recorded in 1710–20; perhaps imitative
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But even now, the news will occasionally let you get off a chuckle or guffaw, even if it isn’t always from your better nature.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025
“You know that laugh,” he said of his wife’s great, gusting guffaw, which critics have sought to weaponize.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024
Grant’s commitment to his dastardly rogue barely goes beyond his cravat — he’d rather guffaw than feign gravitas.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
"If I make you my cornbread, you'll marry me," he declares with a resounding guffaw.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022
He laughed, an over-hearty guffaw, and her parents promptly laughed as well.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
