rib-tickling

[ rib-tik-ling ]
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adjective
  1. very amusing; funny or hilarious: a book of rib-tickling stories.

Origin of rib-tickling

1
First recorded in 1935–40

Other words from rib-tickling

  • rib-tickler, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for rib-tickling

rib-tickling

adjective
  1. very amusing; causing laughter

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