: a loud or boisterous burst of laughter
Her remark sparked guffaws around the room.
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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But places that earn chuckles could be getting gasps and guffaws; moments that feel generally meditative could be devastating, if Lloyd were more interested in character work and less in mise en scène.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
But the fact that the play is now being presented as a period piece, set in the late 2010s, when it was first produced, puts us at just enough of a remove from the present madness to let down our guards and guffaw.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
At some point, those guffaws of the humanoid robots will lessen.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Garnering uncomfortable guffaws, Phillips talked about how Ventura asked him to urinate on her, but both the singer and Combs were highly critical of his technique.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 May 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
But the fact that the play is now being presented as a period piece, set in the late 2010s, when it was first produced, puts us at just enough of a remove from the present madness to let down our guards and guffaw.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
At some point, those guffaws of the humanoid robots will lessen.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Garnering uncomfortable guffaws, Phillips talked about how Ventura asked him to urinate on her, but both the singer and Combs were highly critical of his technique.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 May 2025
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. 2025.
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