Guffaw: alternatives and connections

Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike, shoot, wink, mock,…

Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.

To jape; to laugh at; to deceive.

A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of…

Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.

To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.

To laugh or chuckle with delight

To chuckle; to laugh.

Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulen…

To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.

Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.

To burst with a loud report; to explode.

A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expres…

To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great…

To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort…

To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.

An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined…

A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunti…