thigh-slapper

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Recent Examples of thigh-slapper Despite the wild characters and imaginative leaps, the humor is laidback, pleasant, and effortless, more likely to elicit warm smiles than thigh-slappers. Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thigh-slapper
Noun
  • All day, fans have been buzzing online, daring each other to out-scream every stop before them after Yeonjun teased that some crowds weren’t loud enough.
    Crystal Bell, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Blood curdling screams and chains scraping against the ground can be heard throughout the prison.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With over 300 episodes to shoot, there was time for some practical jokes.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This is all some practical joke that’s being played on me.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The state argued incidents that arose from the ICE facility protests in recent months have been handled by local law enforcement and have not been severe enough to be considered a riot or rebellion.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In response, federal law enforcement officers have repeatedly deployed riot control measures and made several arrests.
    Rachel Wolf , Garrett Tenney, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The result, ideally, is the quarterback can trust wherever the ball is going, rather than panic if the first option is covered.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The scene is nonetheless a nod to the nuance that lies beyond the urgent, all-consuming panic of the unfolding crisis, and a queasy echo of the many such encounters that don’t end so amicably.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Only an Aries, like Lily, can take Barney’s jabs in a joking way.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • When Peanut pulled his second escape act, his owners knew where to look and handled Peanut's disappearance in a joking manner.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Her ascent in the digital content space started out with prank phone calls and comedy sketches inspired by her Southern Belle upbringing that drew over 3 million followers on TikTok.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The show takes that fleeting prank and asks what happens when disguise isn’t a joke but a lifeline, when the mask becomes the only face the world will accept.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Luckily, clever Frances must have understood her caper was destined for failure.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • By emphasizing the caper aspect and the goofy comedy of all this over the intricate plotting that is a hallmark of Westlake’s novels, Black lowers the stakes of a heist that involves halting a speeding NY subway refuse train and busting into a supposedly impenetrable Brooklyn vault.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Thigh-slapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thigh-slapper. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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