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guffaw

[guh-faw, guh-] / gʌˈfɔ, gə- /


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It’s typical of the home-state reporting corps to guffaw when their own governor is touted as a presidential candidate.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2025

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

A full-body guffaw, followed by her pointing at the screen and saying, “I know exactly what he means.”

From New York Times Dec. 20, 2023

"If I make you my cornbread, you'll marry me," he declares with a resounding guffaw.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2022

Enoch, who always found a way to laugh at the most inappropriate times, let out a big guffaw.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

And while much of the movie induces sidesplitting guffaws, Tremaine said that producer and co-creator Spike Jonze was eager to highlight the sensitive beats shared between the cast.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Still, it’s a shame that for the first time in two and a half decades of cringe comedy, the guffaws feel forced.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

They realized that these comments got a rise out of the girls and drew guffaws from the other boys; Amanda saw them looking around the classroom for reactions after saying something particularly shocking.

From Slate Dec. 5, 2025

"Someone wrote their number on a tissue the other day and I was like, 'Oh no, you're just not my type'," she guffaws.

From BBC Sep. 29, 2025

And the happy guffaws stopped suddenly, like a smothered flame.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

It is no exaggeration to say I guffawed my way through it.

From Salon Dec. 26, 2023

At various points, others groaned and guffawed at Mr Gaetz's comments.

From BBC Oct. 3, 2023

“Just your name,” the girl replied, and Capaldi guffawed.

From New York Times May 6, 2023

And Kimmel guffawed at Fox’s attempts to spin the settlement in its favor, including a network statement that insisted it “reflects FOX’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.”

From Washington Post Apr. 19, 2023

Crabbe and Goyle guffawed sycophantically, but Malfoy had to stop there, because Hagrid emerged from the back of his cabin balancing a teetering tower of crates, each containing a very large Blast-Ended Skrewt.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

We’ve reached a point where the guffawing has to stop.

From Salon Feb. 9, 2024

About an hour later, however, I was guffawing so hard at Anderson’s everyday observations, endearing familial impressions and lithe, in-the-moment wit, that he started heckling me for being too enamored with the show.

From Washington Post Jan. 21, 2022

Asked by Jost if his parents would be “upset” about his sexuality, Yang’s Oompa Loompa gave the guffawing audience some insight into his hometown of “Loompa Land,” which apparently is “not as progressive.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2021

“My entire bloody career has been founded by dudes,” she said, guffawing in her apartment in England.

From New York Times Apr. 28, 2021

I couldn’t bear to have yet an­other French speaker guffawing at my name, so when the man on the phone asked, “Can I ’ave your name?”

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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