guffaw
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You can never quite relax, because you're always just waiting for the raise of the eyebrow, the suppressed guffaw, the uninvited joke, whatever.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
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
Xenocrates looked at her in utter disbelief, and then suddenly released a guffaw that he tried to stifle but couldn’t.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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