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splitting one's sides

splitting one's sides is the present participle and gerund 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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What is splitting one's sides the present participle and gerund of?
Splitting one's sides is the present participle and gerund of split one's sides.

Words near splitting one's sides in the dictionary

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

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