A belly laugh, laugh loudly and boisterously. What you may do when you hear a joke that's so good you lose control.

As opposed to a mere tee hee, snigger, snicker, chuckle, or snort.

Guf*faw" (), n.

A loud burst of laughter, a horse laugh.

"A hearty low guffaw."

Carlyle.

 

© Webster 1913.

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