knee-slappers

Really funny jokes

Knee-slappers are jokes or stories so funny they make you slap your knee in amusement.

The term often carries ironic undertones—calling something a knee-slapper can suggest it's corny or only thinks it's hilarious: Dad told his usual knee-slappers at Thanksgiving.

Genuine use describes something laugh-out-loud funny.

comedy

jokes

Humorous remarks or stories

gagsJokes or silencing devices
one-linersBrief comedic remarks
punchlinesJokes' concluding zingers

wisecracks · zingers · quips · howlers · rib-ticklers · groaners · puns · dad jokes · pratfalls · slapstick

folksy

tall tales

Fantastical exaggerated stories

cracker-barrelUnsophisticated and down-home
homespunPlain and unpretentious
cornyTiresomely sentimental or trite

wholesome · old-timers · campfire stories · folklorists · Appalachian · vaudeville · rural · down-home · good-natured · family-friendly

reaction

belly laughs

Loud, uncontrollable laughter

guffawsLoud, coarse laughs
cacklingHarsh, staccato laughter
howlingProlonged mournful crying sound

snorting · doubled over · tears · wheezing · roaring · chortling · convulsing · breathless · hysterical · uproarious

knee-slappers

jokes

tall tales

belly laughs

knee-slappers

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