as in hoot
someone or something that is very funny
the movie is a real knee-slapper if you are a fan of lowbrow humor
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Recent Examples of knee-slapper
This 1940s knee-slapper on deck from Lakewood Theatre Company really isn’t so concerned with rooting out the murderer.
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oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
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Noun
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Oldman seems to be having a hoot in the role, too, which has landed him one of the show’s aforementioned Emmy nominations.Brian Grubb, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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Margaret Qualley, as the former A-lister's younger self, also goes for broke in a film that's a disturbing, hilarious and jaw-dropping hoot.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Both versions delivered a skillful cocktail of laughs and scares without true paranormal activity.Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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By actively engaging in speech and listening for a response, Archie is not only finding a way to make his friends and family laugh, but also boosting his neural processing capacities.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
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When threatened, this gecko can open that mouth and emit a blood-curdling scream.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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At that moment, a couple outside taking videos of water pooling on the road heard Westfield’s screams.Emma Tucker, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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At the same time, there are also concerns of mass protests and potentially even riots if Trump wins the election.Brad Dress, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Upton, who left Congress in 2022, was one of a handful of Republicans who voted to impeach Trump the year before inciting the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Knee-slapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee-slapper. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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