"knee slapper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-knee slapper.ogg [Australia] Forms: knee slappers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} knee slapper (plural knee slappers)
  1. (idiomatic) A joke, especially one which strikes the listener or reader as particularly humorous. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: thigh-slapper, knee-slapper Related terms: toe-tapper
    Sense id: en-knee_slapper-en-noun-n1rZS896 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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Download JSON data for knee slapper meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)

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