: a loud or boisterous burst of laughter
Her remark sparked guffaws around the room.
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Examples of guffaw in a Sentence
managed to keep a straight face for a minute before he let loose with a loud guffaw
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This goes for something closer to the Kübler-Ross model of nonstop grief over guffaws.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
This also seems to aid in reducing the emergence of AI hallucinations and other generative AI outputs that contain errors or guffaws.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Expect guffaws; bring tissues. '& Juliet' Jukebox musicals, in which familiar popular tunes are crammed into a shoehorned narrative, are controversial.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 8 Sep. 2024
Her critics would try to steal both her joy and her authority by belittling her belly-busting guffaws.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
This also seems to aid in reducing the emergence of AI hallucinations and other generative AI outputs that contain errors or guffaws.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Expect guffaws; bring tissues. '& Juliet' Jukebox musicals, in which familiar popular tunes are crammed into a shoehorned narrative, are controversial.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 8 Sep. 2024
Her critics would try to steal both her joy and her authority by belittling her belly-busting guffaws.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for guffaw
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“Guffaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guffaw. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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