Definition of Sidesplitting

1. Adjective. Very funny. "Sidesplitting antics"

Exact synonyms: Killing
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Humorous, Humourous

Definition of Sidesplitting

1. Adjective. (context: of laughter) Intensely uncontrollable and genuine. ¹

2. Adjective. Exceptionally funny; hilarious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sidesplitting

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sidesplitting

sidesaddles
sidescroller
sidescrollers
sidescrolling
sideshow
sideshows
sideslip
sideslipped
sideslipping
sideslips
sidesman
sidesmen
sidespin
sidespins
sidesplitter
sidesplitting
sidesplittingly
sidestep
sidestepped
sidestepper
sidesteppers
sidestepping
sidesteps
sidestream
sidestreams
sidestroke
sidestrokes
sideswipe
sideswipe elbow fracture
sideswiped

Literary usage of Sidesplitting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"Just the place for it, RULE'S well-known Oyster-shop, where a living presentment of the sidesplitting and original comedian will " astonish the natives. ..."

2. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1882)
"The parson's puns were outrageous, the doctor's yarns of old days sidesplitting; old Van der Meulen retailed some of the choicest of his varied experiences, ..."

3. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Comic vaudeville stunts: confessions of two famous Jokers: also, "Rollo and his father," and other sidesplitting sketches: 11. with CO inimitable humorous ..."

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