guffaw
noun
a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.
have guffawed
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present perfectof guffaw.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In Stratford-on-Avon, I have guffawed at Bottom’s midsummer-night translation into an ass; in Atlanta, I have yawned over “Julius Caesar’s” Cinna the Poet portrayed as a Vietnam veteran.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
In a similar situation, Rockefeller might have guffawed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hitler may well have guffawed at the idea of no less than seven generals of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The typist would have giggled, the office boy would have snorted, and every salesman on the force would have guffawed.
From The Sound of Silence by Schelling, George Luther
Ninety-nine hundredths of this amiable world of ours would have guffawed the poor creature into imperceptibility ages ago.
From The Return by De la Mare, Walter
