Tom let out a loud guffaw.
Source: tatoeba (11078864)
Guffaw
//ɡəˈfɔː//
Synonyms for "guffaw" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
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Related words (31)
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73 translations across 31 languages.
Basque
1 entries- algara noun (a boisterous laugh)
Bikol Central
2 entries- ngarakngak noun (a boisterous laugh)
- ngarakngak verb (To laugh boisterously)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кикот noun (a boisterous laugh)
- кикотя се verb (To laugh boisterously)
Catalan
1 entries- rialla noun (a boisterous laugh)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 哄笑 noun (a boisterous laugh)
- 哄笑 verb (To laugh boisterously)
Czech
2 entries- řehot noun (a boisterous laugh)
- řehtat se verb (To laugh boisterously)
Dutch
2 entries- schaterlach noun (a boisterous laugh)
- schaterlachen verb (To laugh boisterously)
Esperanto
1 entries- ridegi verb (To laugh boisterously)
Finnish
4 entries- hohotus noun (a boisterous laugh)
- hörönauru noun (a boisterous laugh)
- räkänauru noun (a boisterous laugh)
- röhönauru noun (a boisterous laugh)
French
3 entries- esclaffer noun (a boisterous laugh)
- gros éclat de rire noun (a boisterous laugh)
- s’esclaffer verb (To laugh boisterously)
Galician
4 entries- gargallada noun (a boisterous laugh)
- rinchada noun (a boisterous laugh)
- risada noun (a boisterous laugh)
- gargallar verb (To laugh boisterously)
Georgian
1 entries- ხარხარი noun (a boisterous laugh)
German
2 entries- schallendes Gelächter noun (a boisterous laugh)
- schallend lachen verb (To laugh boisterously)
Hungarian
1 entries- hahota noun (a boisterous laugh)
Italian
1 entries- risata fragorosa noun (a boisterous laugh)
Japanese
3 entries- 哄笑 noun (a boisterous laugh)
- げらげら笑う verb (To laugh boisterously)
- 哄笑する verb (To laugh boisterously)
Kapampangan
1 entries- sagakgak noun (a boisterous laugh)
Latin
1 entries- cachinno noun (a boisterous laugh)
Latvian
1 entries- tirpt noun (a boisterous laugh)
Malayalam
1 entries- പൊട്ടിച്ചിരി noun (a boisterous laugh)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قهقهه noun (a boisterous laugh)
Polish
2 entries- rechotać verb (To laugh boisterously)
- rżeć verb (To laugh boisterously)
Portuguese
2 entries- gargalhada noun (a boisterous laugh)
- gargalhar verb (To laugh boisterously)
Russian
4 entries- го́гот noun (a boisterous laugh)
- ржа́ние noun (a boisterous laugh)
- хо́хот noun (a boisterous laugh)
- гогота́ть verb (To laugh boisterously)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- grȍhōt noun (a boisterous laugh)
- гро̏хо̄т noun (a boisterous laugh)
- grohòtati verb (To laugh boisterously)
- грохо̀тати verb (To laugh boisterously)
Sicilian
3 entries- ammazzàrisi dî risati verb (To laugh boisterously)
- aviri a liscìa verb (To laugh boisterously)
- scassàrisi dî risati verb (To laugh boisterously)
Spanish
3 entries- carcajada noun (a boisterous laugh)
- risotada noun (a boisterous laugh)
- carcajear[se] verb (To laugh boisterously)
Tagalog
3 entries- halakhak noun (a boisterous laugh)
- humahalakhak verb (To laugh boisterously)
- humalakhak verb (To laugh boisterously)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ре́гіт noun (a boisterous laugh)
- регота́ти verb (To laugh boisterously)
- іржа́ти verb (To laugh boisterously)
Walloon
2 entries- xhaxhlêye noun (a boisterous laugh)
- xhaxhler verb (To laugh boisterously)
Welsh
2 entries- cwerthiniad bras noun (a boisterous laugh)
- crechwenu verb (To laugh boisterously)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
I guffaw until I can laugh no more!
Source: tatoeba (12972541)
On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation.
Source: wiktionary
He walked to the edge and they heard his hoarse guffaw of laughter as the arrows clanged and clattered against his impenetrable mail.
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