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thigh-slapper

noun

Definition of thigh-slapper

as in scream

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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

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Noun

Charging documents state that Kimberly Lechner's brother tried to stop the attack after hearing her scream.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
The woman eventually managed to escape and ran to a neighbor for help, WPLG reported, adding that her piercing screams were captured on home surveillance video.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of scream

Noun

Its rise and fall was dramatic, with a deadly riot in 1880 stoking anti-Chinese sentiment nationwide.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026
On his first day in office, the president pardoned nearly every defendant charged in connection with the Capitol riot, which Judge Mehta described as an assault on the peaceful transfer of power.

— Carrie Johnson, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of riot

Noun

In order to make their kissing scenes even more awkward, the late Larry Hagman would play practical jokes on his Dallas costar Linda Gray.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which ran from 1996 to 2003, was known for its hijinks, practical jokes and special effects, and, of course, magic.

— Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026

Definition of practical joke

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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

Definition of knee-slapper

Noun

Ween released 12 Golden Country Greats in the summer of 1996 to a public primed for a prank.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 1 Aug. 2026
Golf star Charley Hull pulled off a savage prank on her caddie, Adam Woodward, earlier in the week, and some people were upset about it.

— Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of prank

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