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单词 gawf
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gawfn.

Brit. /ɡɔːf/, U.S. /ɡɔf/, /ɡɑf/, Scottish English /ɡɔf/
Forms: 1500s gawf(e, gaufe, 1600s gaff.
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Scottish.
A loud noisy laugh; only in phrase to give a gawf. Also gawf (of) laughter.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > loud, coarse, or immoderate laughter > instance or outburst of
gawf?a1513
roar1675
horse-laugh1713
guffaw1720
ha ha1806
haw-haw1838
hee-haw1843
yaw-haw1912
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 ‘Tehe!’ quod scho, and gaif ane gawfe.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 67 Sche gaif ane gawfe of lauchter, and said, ‘Now will I go’.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 404 Sche first smyleit, and efter gaif ane gawf lauchter.
1685 G. Sinclair Satans Invisible World Discovered xi. 88 The Devil gave a great gaff of laughter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gawfv.

Brit. /ɡɔːf/, U.S. /ɡɔf/, /ɡɑf/, Scottish English /ɡɔf/
Forms: Also gaff, gauf.
Etymology: Connected with gawf n.
Scottish.
intransitive. To laugh noisily.
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1719 A. Ramsay Epist. to Hamilton iii. 77 Gaffin they wi' sides sae sair [etc.].
1721 A. Ramsay Elegy Patie Birnie 2 The famous fidler of Kinghorn, Who gart the lieges gawff and girn ay.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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