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Date: 1700-1800
Origin: From the sound

guffaw

 verb
     
Related topics: Colours and Sounds
guf‧faw [intransitive]
C to laugh loudly:
We guffawed at what Graham had written.
—guffaw noun [countable]
The announcement was greeted with loud guffaws.
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