rib-tickling

[ rib-tik-ling ]

adjective

1. very amusing; funny or hilarious:

   a book of rib-tickling stories.

rib-tickling

adjective

1. very amusing; causing laughter

Other Words From

• rib-tickler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rib-tickling¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

On social media, videos of the incident have been watched tens of thousands of times and many Twitter users have posted rib-tickling comments in response to the visuals.

From BBC

But for the brand of musical comedy that Sondheim and book writer James Lapine were after — a storybook world of out-of-control anxiety — some rib-tickling personal dazzle is absolutely the right way to go.

From Washington Post

The protean Troy Valjean Rucker is a standout in multiple roles, including a florist who delivers a rib-tickling Shakespeare pun.

From New York Times

The smack itself sent the internet into a frenzy with many taking to Twitter and other media channels to either make light of the situation in the form of rib-tickling memes or to lend their two cents as spectators who had witnessed an on-camera assault by one of show business's most "wholesome" performers.

From Fox News

They are rollicking riots of rib-tickling jocularity, side-splitting expeditions into the ironic arts.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• amusing
• hilarious