as in laughs
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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As Rolling Stone has previously reported, bogus images of classic rockers in hospitals or singing at the graves of other rockers have flooded the internet — fooling some fans in the process and provoking laughs in just as many.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025 -
There will be plenty of laughs, too.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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There are hoots and hollers from raucous tourists on Bourbon Street, for example.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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There are a few hoots and hollers as the others agree or protest.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
21 Oct. 2025
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Visitors have reported hearing the sound of cell doors closing, faint screams and footsteps around the cell blocks.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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The girl's father, who did not see the incident but heard the mother's screams, jumped overboard to rescue his daughter.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Adriana James-Rodil,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Natalia Campos - Getty Images Advertisement What have politicians said about the riots?—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Then shortly after that, there were riots in Dublin, and that was terrifying to be walking along the street and [tensions] change like that, so easily.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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Green is known for speaking his mind, talking candidly, and cracking jokes at the expense of others.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Bill Oakley has been making jokes about food for more than half his life.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Knee-slappers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee-slappers. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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