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rib-ticklers

rib-ticklers is the plural of rib-tickler.

Meaning of rib-tickler

Noun

rib-tickler (plural rib-ticklers)

  1. (informal) An amusing joke.
  2. (slang) A ball bowled short of a length that bounces up higher than expected and strikes the batter in the ribs.

Questions about rib-ticklers

What is rib-ticklers the plural of?
Rib-ticklers is the plural of rib-tickler.

Words near rib-ticklers in the dictionary

  1. rib-eyes
  2. rib-faced deer
  3. rib-rack
  4. rib-racks
  5. rib-tickler
  6. rib-ticklers
  7. rib-tickling
  8. riba
  9. Ribadeo
  10. Ribadesella
  11. Ribagorza

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