Usually means: Joke causing loud, hearty laughter.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. thigh-slapper: Merriam-Webster
  2. thigh-slapper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. thigh-slapper: Vocabulary.com
  4. thigh-slapper: Wiktionary
  5. thigh-slapper: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. thigh-slapper: Dictionary.com
  7. thigh-slapper: Rhymezone
  8. thigh-slapper: FreeDictionary.org
  9. thigh-slapper: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. thigh-slapper: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. thigh-slapper: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thigh-slapper: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (thigh-slapper)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A joke, especially one which strikes the listener or reader as particularly humorous.

Similar:
belly laugh, riot, howler, scream, wow, sidesplitter, thigh slapper, knee slapper, knee-slapping, happy slap, more...

Opposite:
dull, unfunny, unamusing, tedious, boring

Types:
knee-slapper, groaner, yuk, joke, pun, more...

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Similar:
belly laugh, riot, howler, scream, wow, sidesplitter, thigh slapper, knee slapper, knee-slapping, happy slap, more...

Opposite:
dull, unfunny, unamusing, tedious, boring

Types:
knee-slapper, groaner, yuk, joke, pun, more...



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