noun
Meaning 1
A boisterous laugh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: belly laugh
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
guffaw
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɡəˈfɔː/
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US: /ɡəˈfɔ/
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cot-caught-merger: /ɡəˈfɑ/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ɡəˈfoː/
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US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɔː
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rhymes with -ɑː
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CMU ARPABET: G AH0 F AO1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To laugh boisterously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a burst of deep loud hearty laughter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: belly laugh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laugh, laughter
verb
Meaning 4
laugh boisterously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: laugh loudly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laugh, express joy, express mirth
History
Etymology
First attested in the early 18th century, originally Scots, probably onomatopoeic.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: algara — a boisterous laugh
- Central Bikol: ngarakngak — a boisterous laugh
- Bulgarian: кикот (kikot) — a boisterous laugh
- Catalan: rialla — a boisterous laugh
- Chinese Mandarin: 哄笑 (hōngxiào) — a boisterous laugh
- Czech: řehot — a boisterous laugh
- Dutch: schaterlach — a boisterous laugh
- Finnish: hohotus — a boisterous laugh
- Finnish: röhönauru — a boisterous laugh
- Finnish: hörönauru — a boisterous laugh
- Finnish: räkänauru — a boisterous laugh
- French: gros éclat de rire — a boisterous laugh
- French: esclaffer — a boisterous laugh
- Galician: gargallada — a boisterous laugh
- Galician: rinchada — a boisterous laugh
- Galician: risada — a boisterous laugh
- Georgian: ხარხარი (xarxari) — a boisterous laugh
- German: schallendes Gelächter — a boisterous laugh
- Hungarian: hahota — a boisterous laugh
- Italian: risata fragorosa — a boisterous laugh
- Japanese: 哄笑 (kōshō) — a boisterous laugh
- Kapampangan: sagakgak — a boisterous laugh
- Latin: cachinno — a boisterous laugh
- Latvian: tirpt — a boisterous laugh
- Malayalam: പൊട്ടിച്ചിരി (poṭṭicciri) — a boisterous laugh
- Portuguese: gargalhada — a boisterous laugh
- Russian: хо́хот (xóxot) — a boisterous laugh
- Russian: го́гот (gógot) — a boisterous laugh
- Russian: ржа́ние (ržánije) — a boisterous laugh
- Serbo-Croatian: гро̏хо̄т — a boisterous laugh
- Serbo-Croatian: grȍhōt — a boisterous laugh
- Spanish: carcajada — a boisterous laugh
- Spanish: risotada — a boisterous laugh
- Tagalog: halakhak — a boisterous laugh
- Ottoman Turkish: قهقهه (kahkaha) — a boisterous laugh
- Ukrainian: ре́гіт (réhit) — a boisterous laugh
- Walloon: xhaxhlêye — a boisterous laugh
- Welsh: cwerthiniad bras — a boisterous laugh
- Central Bikol: ngarakngak — To laugh boisterously
- Bulgarian: кикотя се (kikotja se) — To laugh boisterously
- Chinese Mandarin: 哄笑 (hōngxiào) — To laugh boisterously
- Czech: řehtat se — To laugh boisterously
- Dutch: schaterlachen — To laugh boisterously
- Esperanto: ridegi — To laugh boisterously
- Finnish: hekottaa — To laugh boisterously
- Finnish: hekotella — To laugh boisterously
- Finnish: hohottaa — To laugh boisterously
- Finnish: höröttää — To laugh boisterously
- Finnish: röhöttää — To laugh boisterously
- Finnish: nauraa räkäisesti — To laugh boisterously
- French: s’esclaffer — To laugh boisterously
- Galician: gargallar — To laugh boisterously
- German: schallend lachen — To laugh boisterously
- Japanese: げらげら笑う (geragera warau) — To laugh boisterously
- Japanese: 哄笑する (kōshō suru) — To laugh boisterously
- Polish: rechotać — To laugh boisterously
- Polish: rżeć — To laugh boisterously
- Portuguese: gargalhar — To laugh boisterously
- Russian: хохота́ть (xoxotátʹ) — To laugh boisterously
- Russian: гогота́ть (gogotátʹ) — To laugh boisterously
- Russian: ржать (ržatʹ) — To laugh boisterously
- Serbo-Croatian: грохо̀тати — To laugh boisterously
- Serbo-Croatian: grohòtati — To laugh boisterously
- Sicilian: ammazzàrisi dî risati — To laugh boisterously
- Sicilian: scassàrisi dî risati — To laugh boisterously
- Sicilian: aviri a liscìa — To laugh boisterously
- Spanish: carcajear — To laugh boisterously
- Spanish: risotear — To laugh boisterously
- Spanish: reírse a carcajadas — To laugh boisterously
- Spanish: partirse de risa — To laugh boisterously
- Spanish: mearse de risa — To laugh boisterously
- Spanish: morirse de risa — To laugh boisterously
- Tagalog: humalakhak — To laugh boisterously
- Tagalog: humahalakhak — To laugh boisterously
- Ukrainian: регота́ти (rehotáty) — To laugh boisterously
- Ukrainian: іржа́ти (iržáty) — To laugh boisterously
- Walloon: xhaxhler — To laugh boisterously
- Welsh: crechwenu — To laugh boisterously