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
To look back at his movies — many of them more amiable than side-splitting — is to rifle through an assortment of hits and misses, a catalog of comic imperfection.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2022
He doesn’t do gags, or side-splitting punch lines.
From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2018
Indeed, some of the show’s legitimately side-splitting moments earn their laughs by being tragic, absurd and uncomfortable at the same time.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2017
The side-splitting colloquy of the End-man with the Middleman may be exactly like the interchange of merry jests between the clown and the ring-master, yet it is far older than the modern circus.
From A Book About the Theater by Matthews, Brander
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