as in chuckle
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement
managed to keep a straight face for a minute before he let loose with a loud guffaw
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Recent Examples of guffaw
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
This goes for something closer to the Kübler-Ross model of nonstop grief over guffaws.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
This also seems to aid in reducing the emergence of AI hallucinations and other generative AI outputs that contain errors or guffaws.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Expect guffaws; bring tissues. '& Juliet' Jukebox musicals, in which familiar popular tunes are crammed into a shoehorned narrative, are controversial.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 8 Sep. 2024
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Noun
If this happens in real-time, the guffaw will undoubtedly undermine the use of the generative AI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
This goes for something closer to the Kübler-Ross model of nonstop grief over guffaws.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
This also seems to aid in reducing the emergence of AI hallucinations and other generative AI outputs that contain errors or guffaws.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Expect guffaws; bring tissues. '& Juliet' Jukebox musicals, in which familiar popular tunes are crammed into a shoehorned narrative, are controversial.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 8 Sep. 2024
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Verb
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Wednesday, the 53-year-old entrepreneur chuckled before admitting that pledge probably wasn’t realistic.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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The star of The Bear , too, could barely refrain from chuckling at the sight of the photo.Gil Macias, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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But Gen Zers have recast the emoji as a symbol of hysterical laughter.Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
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The fun didn’t end there, as Welch photo-bombed while the Powells posed for the professional photographer 10 minutes later, with Welch popping his head behind Powell's parents' shoulders, to O'Hara's laughter.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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The beauty mogul wasn’t spotted walking the red carpet with her boyfriend but was seen during Nikki Glaser's opening monologue, giggling at a couple of jokes about Chalamet.Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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To which, Kylie giggled and laughed at her boyfriend.Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The fake laugh would be ‘gasp gasp,’ a kind of inhale.Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Rivers said with a laugh before his Bucks’ faced Thibodeau’s Knicks at Madison Square Garden.Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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His fans gave him an obliging laugh; a father and son sitting beside me snickered loudly enough to be captured on camera.Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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At the same time, there's something undeniably intoxicating about the pull of them being together, singing a song, snickering at inside jokes, making the kind of observations that only someone who has known you your whole life can.Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Guffaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guffaw. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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