side-splitting
Britishadjective
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producing great mirth
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(of laughter) uproarious or very hearty
Example Sentences
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"We have all the brilliant classic pantomime elements: a beastly baddie, a heroic heroine, amazing dance routines and side-splitting comedy," said Ms Wood.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
They are rollicking riots of rib-tickling jocularity, side-splitting expeditions into the ironic arts.
From Washington Post • May 20, 2021
Or you can jump into his breakdown of Amazon, including a side-splitting spoof of an old Amazon holiday commercial.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2018
He doesn’t do gags, or side-splitting punch lines.
From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2018
Strange people of no identity spoke in senseless vaporings that passed for side-splitting wit, and friends whom he had not seen since childhood appeared in ludicrously altered forms and announced impossible events.
From Dr. Sevier by Cable, George Washington
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