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Definition of rib-tickler in English: rib-ticklernoun informal A very amusing joke or story. 〈非正式〉笑话；令人捧腹的故事 Example sentencesExamples - There is at present a buzz in the industry around Saju Kodiyan, who pulled off rib-ticklers in the television comedy strip, ‘Cinemala’.
- Godard's not known for rib-ticklers, but Histoire is frequently funny.
- The sad thing is that Tim could have found many more rib-ticklers, but being a man of iron will, he won't.
- Anyone who believes the national stereotype of the Germans as humourless might like to ponder the following Teutonic rib-tickler: How did the Grand Canyon originate?
- There is the classic, carefully crafted shtick of the old-fashioned nightclub comedian, routines and rib-ticklers cast and recast into perfectly polished pearls of witticism.
- But it does mean that what is advertised and intended as an uproarious rib-tickler is really a far better light tragedy.
- I glumly consign a notebook packed full of rib-ticklers about bratwurst and square-headed men with no sense of humour to the bin.
- As rib-ticklers go, this was not exactly a classic.
- How do you like this rib-tickler from Leckie, on why the SSP's manifesto went unbudgeted: ‘This isn't Countdown and I'm not Carol Vorderman.‘
- The belly laughs provoked by that rib-tickler have put the entire main island of Japan on tsunami alert.
Synonyms funny story, jest, witticism, quip, pleasantry
Derivativesadjective ˈrɪbˌtɪklɪŋˈrɪbˌtɪkəlɪŋ informal Very amusing. the movie is a rib-tickling comedy Example sentencesExamples - ‘Mark Poole, our rib-tickling Benny Hill look-alike, will be slipping into a dress for the first time in this show after playing all the daft panto principal parts and keeping local audiences in stitches for nine years,’ he says.
- Adam Sandler's back for more hilarious hi-jinks and rib-tickling capers in his latest magnificent outing.
- Releasing this coming Friday, the movie comes from the makers of the rib-tickling hit comedy, ‘Iceage’, and will this time show a make-believe world inhabited entirely by robots.
adverbˈrɪbˌtɪk(ə)lɪŋliˈrɪbˌtɪkəlɪŋli informal
Definition of rib-tickler in US English: rib-ticklernounrɪb ˈtɪk(ə)lərrib ˈtik(ə)lər informal An amusing joke or story. 〈非正式〉笑话；令人捧腹的故事 Example sentencesExamples - But it does mean that what is advertised and intended as an uproarious rib-tickler is really a far better light tragedy.
- As rib-ticklers go, this was not exactly a classic.
- How do you like this rib-tickler from Leckie, on why the SSP's manifesto went unbudgeted: ‘This isn't Countdown and I'm not Carol Vorderman.‘
- The belly laughs provoked by that rib-tickler have put the entire main island of Japan on tsunami alert.
- The sad thing is that Tim could have found many more rib-ticklers, but being a man of iron will, he won't.
- There is at present a buzz in the industry around Saju Kodiyan, who pulled off rib-ticklers in the television comedy strip, ‘Cinemala’.
- Godard's not known for rib-ticklers, but Histoire is frequently funny.
- There is the classic, carefully crafted shtick of the old-fashioned nightclub comedian, routines and rib-ticklers cast and recast into perfectly polished pearls of witticism.
- I glumly consign a notebook packed full of rib-ticklers about bratwurst and square-headed men with no sense of humour to the bin.
- Anyone who believes the national stereotype of the Germans as humourless might like to ponder the following Teutonic rib-tickler: How did the Grand Canyon originate?
Synonyms funny story, jest, witticism, quip, pleasantry
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