belly laugh

Questions about belly laugh

What does belly laugh mean?

belly laugh means "a burst of deep loud hearty laughter". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for belly laugh?

Close synonyms include guffaw, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is belly laugh a common word?

belly laugh is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.