See guffaw on Wiktionary
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"word": "регота́ти"
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
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"roman": "kikotja se",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "кикотя се"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hōngxiào",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "哄笑"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "řehtat se"
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "schaterlachen"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "ridegi"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "hekottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "hekotella"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "hohottaa"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "höröttää"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "röhöttää"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "nauraa räkäisesti"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "s’esclaffer"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "gargallar"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "schallend lachen"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "geragera warau",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "げらげら笑う"
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "哄笑する"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "rechotać"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "rżeć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "gargalhar"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "xoxotátʹ",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
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"word": "хохота́ть"
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
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"word": "гогота́ть"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
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"word": "грохо̀тати"
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
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"word": "grohòtati"
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"code": "scn",
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "ammazzàrisi dî risati"
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{
"code": "scn",
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "scassàrisi dî risati"
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{
"code": "scn",
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "aviri a liscìa"
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
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"word": "humalakhak"
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rehotáty",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "регота́ти"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "iržáty",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
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"word": "іржа́ти"
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"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "xhaxhler"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "To laugh boisterously",
"word": "crechwenu"
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