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knee-slappers

knee-slappers is the plural of knee-slapper.

Meaning of knee-slapper

Noun

knee-slapper (plural knee-slappers)

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, sarcastic, usually) A joke, especially one which strikes the listener or reader as particularly humorous.
    Synonyms:
    thigh-slapper
    Antonyms:
    groaner

Questions about knee-slappers

What is knee-slappers the plural of?
Knee-slappers is the plural of knee-slapper.

Words near knee-slappers in the dictionary

  1. knee-paddled
  2. knee-paddles
  3. knee-paddling
  4. knee-pads
  5. knee-slapper
  6. knee-slappers
  7. knee-slapping
  8. knee-tremble
  9. knee-trembler
  10. knee-tremblers
  11. knee-trembles

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