guffaw
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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
I started identifying as a writer and began my journey into being an amateur snob, saying things like, “I don’t eat McDonald’s — I guffaw at the idea of a person indulging in McDonald’s!”
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022
Señora Oralia let out another hearty guffaw and shook her head as if she couldn’t believe what she was telling us.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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