side-splitting
Britishadjective
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producing great mirth
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(of laughter) uproarious or very hearty
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From Beck to Keith Richards to, of course, Willie, the performances at this weekend’s tribute concert ranged from heartbreaking to side-splitting to just plain brilliant.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
The "chicken crossing the playground" bit wasn't exactly side-splitting, but it's not far off the mark.
From BBC ● May 2, 2023
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
As O’Brien, in high good humour, having communicated the side-splitting joke to Mary and Finnerty, was busy over his account books, Kelly came in.
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
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