thigh-slapper en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Synonym of knee-slapper.
"There's a lot of USO girls in Hollywood," Hope mused on his World War II tours. "USO - Use Slacks Only." Ho ho ho. Women wearing pants. Real thigh-slapper.
2003 July 29, Lenore Skenazy, “Bob Hope's Jokes Just Lived For the Moment”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 18 Oct 2009:Not exactly a thigh-slapper, but not terrible for a psychiatrist joke either.
1980 September 29, Roger Rosenblatt, “The People's Analyst”, in Time, retrieved 18 Oct 2009:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thigh slapper | alternative | lexicographic | |
| thigh-slappers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (5)
fr blague à se tordre de rire (particularly humorous joke) · fi hulvaton vitsi (particularly humorous joke) · de Schenkelklopfer (particularly humorous joke) · nl dijenkletser (particularly humorous joke) · fr blague désopilante (particularly humorous joke)