Knee-slapper


[nee-slap-er] /ˈniˌslæp ər/

noun, Informal.
1.
a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
noun

an extremely funny joke

noun

Something very funny, esp a joke; boffola: That’s a knee-slapper/ If she ever told a kneeslapper, I wasn’t there (1966+)

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