Meaning & use
guffawed
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Laughed loudly and heartily, often in a coarse or unrestrained way.
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The whole table guffawed when the waiter tripped over his own shoelace.
He guffawed so hard at the joke that he nearly fell off his chair.
A note on using this word
The word is thought to be imitative in origin, mimicking the deep, explosive sound of a big laugh.
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