"in stitches" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in stitches.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in stitches, {{en-PP}} in stitches
  1. (idiomatic) Laughing vigorously; very amused; aching due to convulsive laughter. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: in hysterics Related terms: stitch (english: sense 8) [noun] Translations (laughing vigorously): kippurassa (Finnish), mort de rire (French), plié en deux (French), plié en quatre (French), plié (French), in arraingeacha (Irish)
    Sense id: en-in_stitches-en-prep_phrase-7U15tR1k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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