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guffaw
 
NOUN:An act of laughing: cachinnation, cackle, laugh, laughter. Informal : heehaw. See LAUGHTER, SOUNDS.
VERB:1. To express great amusement or mirth: roar. Informal : break up. Slang : howl. See LAUGHTER. 2. To express amusement, mirth, or scorn by smiling and emitting loud, inarticulate sounds: cachinnate, cackle, laugh. Informal : heehaw. Idioms: die laughing, laugh one's head off, roll in the aisles, split one's sides. See LAUGHTER, SOUNDS.
 
 
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