KNEE-SLAPPER Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

knee-slapper

noun

ˈnē-ˌsla-pər

Definition of knee-slapper

as in hoot

someone or something that is very funny the movie is a real knee-slapper if you are a fan of lowbrow humor

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Recent Examples of knee-slapper And, even more unfortunately, the conversations that Dreux and Alyssa have are not exactly knee-slappers. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2025 On dinner tables frequented by Brussels sprouts, meatloaf is the well-meaning uncle whose knee-slappers are beloved, but not particularly hip. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025 This 1940s knee-slapper on deck from Lakewood Theatre Company really isn’t so concerned with rooting out the murderer. — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023

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With a few hoots and hollers, and even a couple clucks, the group took off on their ascent to the Betty Bear Hut.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 30 July 2026
Sure, playing with his buddy Draymond Green sounded like a hoot.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

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Over the ensuing years, at least 45 people were killed in riots over the book, a Japanese translator was stabbed to death, an Italian translator was attacked and survived, and the book’s Norwegian publisher survived a shooting.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
The theft of a relic of the Prophet Muhammad from the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, in Kashmir, in 1963 sets off riots in distant Khulna, Dhaka, and Calcutta.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

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