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splits one's sides

splits one's sides is the third-person singular simple present indicative of split one's sides.

Meaning of split one's sides

Verb

split one's sides (third-person singular simple present splits one's sides, present participle splitting one's sides, simple past and past participle split one's sides)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To laugh hysterically.
    • Madcap Ciss with her golliwog curls. You had to laugh at her sometimes. For instance when she asked you would you have some more Chinese tea and jaspberry ram and when she drew the jugs too and the men's faces on her nails with red ink make you split your sides[…]1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

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Splits one's sides is the third-person singular simple present indicative of split one's sides.

Words near splits one's sides in the dictionary

  1. splits
  2. splits a gut
  3. splits hairs
  4. splits off
  5. splits on a rock
  6. splits one's sides
  7. splits the baby
  8. splits the blanket
  9. splits the breeze
  10. splits the difference
  11. splits the G

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