Thesaurus results for THIGH-SLAPPER

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

Two soldiers who initially seemed kind took her into the jungle, held her at gunpoint and raped her while holding her mouth shut to stifle her screams.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Bernthal screams, pointing down at the vomit (which is thankfully off-screen for the rest of us).

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 July 2026

Definition of scream

Noun

Video from The Associated Press showed protesters gathering together to push over the tall yellow barricades and sometimes climbing atop them as droves of Delhi Police stood guard in riot gear.

— Connor Greene, Time, 22 July 2026
Carson knew that Belafonte would address issues then roiling the country that would, that summer, explode into riots.

— Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026

Definition of riot

Noun

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
Crews often found release in rowdiness, camaraderie, practical jokes, and the inevitable coping mechanisms of drink and drugs.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of practical joke

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There isn’t at the moment, and that is leading to eye-popping unaffordability for renters (not historically the case in Chicago, unlike New York), which is causing panic and leading to all of these calls for more regulations.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
As dog owners, few things trigger a spike of panic like watching your pup bolt into the brush and realizing your phone has dropped to zero bars.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 July 2026

Definition of panic

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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, 14 Feb. 2026
And, even more unfortunately, the conversations that Dreux and Alyssa have are not exactly knee-slappers.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2025

Definition of knee-slapper

Noun

The tradition dates to Glasgow, where placing bright orange traffic cones atop public statues began as a late-night prank in the 1980s before evolving into an unofficial symbol of the country’s irreverent humor.

— Leah Willingham, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Baudrillard is playing a little textual prank on us, inserting the simulacrum of a quotation into a book about simulacra.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of prank

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