boffolas

noun

plural of boffola
1
as in chuckles
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement the audience could be heard chuckling throughout the play, but there were few theater-filling boffolas

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2
as in laughs
something said or done to cause laughter if that was the wannabe comic's best boffola, he'd be well-advised not to quit his day job

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boffolas
  1. chuckles
  2. laughs
  3. giggles
  4. jokes
  5. belly laughs
  6. witticisms
  7. snickers
Noun
  • Brian Leonard’s smartly funny ode to his difficult daughter — a child whose behavior was so problematic, the family cycled through 28 therapists — offers plenty of chuckles, even with key questions left unanswered.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The risk, though, with horror-comedy—with dinging from chuckles to shrieks and back again—is always an evacuated center.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of chuckles
Noun
  • That opening scene will take you straight into the laugh floor, and guests will be placed into contraptions that Mike has created to harness both laughs and screams.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
  • After everyone got their laughs out, Yan made sure the celebration didn’t come back to haunt him.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of laughs
Noun
  • Meanwhile, donning night-vision giggles, Knoxville gleefully attacks them with trash can lids and tasers.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Keira Knightley is all giggles at day 12 of the 2026 Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on July 10.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of giggles
Noun
  • Behind the jokes, some campaigns have carried serious messages, like a man dressed as a fox advocating for animal rights who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Burnham when the former Manchester mayor returned to parliament in June.
    — Reagan Yip, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • There were lots of jokes, memes and even a Jimmy Fallon skit.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of jokes
Noun
  • Fortunately for us, there are plenty of ways to mix the two this weekend — from spa deals and rum-soaked revelry to a nostalgic hard rock show or a night of stress-busting belly laughs.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In Broad Strokes, Cohen pairs her signature belly laughs with plenty of gut punches.
    — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026
Definition of belly laughs
Noun
  • The result is an incredible repository of vexations, bafflements, witticisms, and brilliancies.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The initial experience of Shakespeare’s meter leads to a world of discovery of a man who quite literally changed the world with witticisms and insight and has shaped every corner of humanity since the 16th century.
    — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of witticisms
Noun
  • As executed, the 2019 show is an emotional yet refreshingly unsentimental black comedy that snickers in the face of empowerment buzzwords like, well, healing journey.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There were snickers from some of the other students, including a tall and lank-haired kid whose name Adele didn’t know.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of snickers
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“Boffolas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boffolas. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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