rib-ticklers
Gags causing laughter
Rib-ticklers are jokes or humorous remarks that provoke hearty laughter—the kind that makes your sides ache.
The term is slightly old-fashioned and often used with mild irony: His rib-ticklers fell flat with the younger crowd.
A single joke is a rib-tickler.
Humorous remarks or stories
- gagsJokes or silencing devices
- one-linersBrief comedic remarks
- punchlinesJokes' concluding zingers
- wisecracksClever, mocking remarks
quips · zingers · puns · jests · howlers · knee-slappers · wit · banter
jokes
Humorous remarks or stories
- gagsJokes or silencing devices
- one-linersBrief comedic remarks
- punchlinesJokes' concluding zingers
wisecracks · quips · zingers · puns · jests · howlers · knee-slappers · wit · banter · wordplay
sitcoms
Humorous television series
farces · satire · cartoons · memes · bloopers · outtakes · roasts · monologue · skit · lampoon
comedians
Performers who provoke laughter
wits · clowns · funnymen · jesters · pranksters · stand-ups · improv · satirists · entertainers · raconteurs
- jokesjokes, joke, puns, one-liners, pun
- tomfoolerysilliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
rib-ticklerstearjerkers
Emotionally manipulative sad narratives
sob stories · tragedies · weepies · heartbreakers · downers
ribs, ribbed, ribbing, tickle, tickler, ticklers, tickles, tickled, tickling