{
  "guff":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": nonsense , humbug":[],
      ": verbal abuse":[
        "doesn't take any guff"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "His latest book has a lot of guff about conspiracies of one kind or another.",
      "His friends have given him a lot of guff about his hair.",
      "She doesn't take guff from anybody.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hailee Steinfeld's performance in the Hawkeye series was a pitch-perfect adaptation of Kate Bishop, replicating her archery skills, signature purple outfits, and refusal to take any guff from adults. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
      "With just a few lines of dialogue, a striking costume covered in mysterious features (is that an antenna on his helmet",
      "Her performance as Emma Tate nails that Mary Poppins blend of dainty and feisty, serving as a comforting presence that also takes no guff . \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "Months after smart, take-no- guff Rose Ito, 23, arrives in Chicago, she is run over by a subway train and dies. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 July 2021",
      "The Golden Globes rightfully takes a lot of guff for being so starstruck and so susceptible to fancy campaign tactics. \u2014 Joe Reid, Vulture , 22 Feb. 2021",
      "Oil is not a hazardous material, but some post offices might give you guff about sending it. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2020",
      "One outlier: the vampire-hunting physician Van Helsing, a woman who takes no guff from anyone and taps Mina as a kindred spirit. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Feb. 2020",
      "Bailey has a reputation as someone who doesn\u2019t take a lot of guff . \u2014 Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably imitative":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8g\u0259f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "applesauce",
      "balderdash",
      "baloney",
      "boloney",
      "beans",
      "bilge",
      "blah",
      "blah-blah",
      "blarney",
      "blather",
      "blatherskite",
      "blither",
      "bosh",
      "bull",
      "bunk",
      "bunkum",
      "buncombe",
      "claptrap",
      "codswallop",
      "crapola",
      "crock",
      "drivel",
      "drool",
      "fiddle",
      "fiddle-faddle",
      "fiddlesticks",
      "flannel",
      "flapdoodle",
      "folderol",
      "falderal",
      "folly",
      "foolishness",
      "fudge",
      "garbage",
      "hogwash",
      "hokeypokey",
      "hokum",
      "hoodoo",
      "hooey",
      "horsefeathers",
      "humbug",
      "humbuggery",
      "jazz",
      "malarkey",
      "malarky",
      "moonshine",
      "muck",
      "nerts",
      "nonsense",
      "nuts",
      "piffle",
      "poppycock",
      "punk",
      "rot",
      "rubbish",
      "senselessness",
      "silliness",
      "slush",
      "stupidity",
      "taradiddle",
      "tarradiddle",
      "tommyrot",
      "tosh",
      "trash",
      "trumpery",
      "twaddle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165955",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "guffaw":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a loud or boisterous burst of laughter":[
        "Her remark sparked guffaws around the room."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "managed to keep a straight face for a minute before he let loose with a loud guffaw",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The distinctive Blain-Cruz guffaw doesn\u2019t always punctuate obvious jokes. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Between every one-liner and guffaw , Gutowitz delivers not just herself, but universal truths everyone can relate to. \u2014 Mary Cadden, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "That grin is a smirk, a freeze-frame guffaw , and a snicker of contempt all at the same time. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Adele does the opposite, opting to be cloaked in chic pantsuits and glamorous gowns and guffaw and clown in public in an adorably endearing manner. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Gravity-defying Clint is side-lighted by a window, somewhat deferential to big brother but more animated and quick to guffaw . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "Marrow-Lyn Monroe, Scary Potter, TromBONE Shorty, Boo Brees and Napoleon Bone-apart have all appeared in Berger\u2019s guffaw -inducing array of faux human remains. \u2014 Doug Maccash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "There were guffaws until the camera turned elsewhere. \u2014 Nicholas Casey, New York Times , 18 May 2020",
      "Porter\u2019s big scene \u2014 when his character, Barrett, is dismissed over lunch \u2014 has all the groundwork for a guffaw but merely goes so far as seeing him strut dramatically out of the restaurant. \u2014 Garrett Mitchell, Detroit Free Press , 9 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1720, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "imitative":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccg\u0259-\u02c8f\u022f",
      "\u02c8g\u0259-\u02ccf\u022f",
      "(\u02cc)g\u0259-\u02c8f\u022f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "belly laugh",
      "boff",
      "boffo",
      "boffola",
      "cachinnation",
      "cackle",
      "chortle",
      "chuckle",
      "giggle",
      "hee-haw",
      "horselaugh",
      "laugh",
      "laughter",
      "snicker",
      "snigger",
      "titter",
      "twitter"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021642",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "guffer":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": eelpout sense 1a":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8g\u0259f\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103513",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}