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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Causing much laughter; very amusing.

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Examples

  • Then there is that rib-tickling American double act at Liverpool, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, whose financial acumen appears to be akin to that of Sgt Ernie Bilko, the leading character in a long-running TV show which bore the tagline "You'll never get rich".

    Liverpool's rib-tickling duo have left Roy Hodgson's side sore David Lacey 2010

  • Here is one rib-tickling example, courtesy of one of their Health Spokesperson, Peter Black AM.

    The genius of Peter Black 2009

  • The Bathroom Reader Institute handpicked the most eye-opening, rib-tickling, and mind-boggling articles from everything they have written over the last ten years and carefully crammed them into 576 pages of the book.

    Joey Skaggs, The Ultimate Hoax Meister 2009

  • Of course, happily so, with a lot of rib-tickling word play and groaners thrown in for spice in this collaboration between Theater For A New Audience and National Yiddish Theatre.

    Michael Giltz: Theater: "Shlemiel The First" Klezmer Musical Sings But What's With The Restraint? Michael Giltz 2011

  • Here is one rib-tickling example, courtesy of one of their Health Spokesperson, Peter Black AM.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • No matter how rib-tickling "A progressive county" might be as a slogan, they have indeed made progress.

    Letters: Aramaic lives 2010

  • Albert joined in in his rib-tickling way to observe that no European state offered such fertile soil for the seeds of socialism as Russia did, and that he feared that the new Tsar had little intellect or character.

    Fiancée 2010

  • But the King was cert no longer touched by his rib-tickling.

    Knell Quarternion 2010

  • And I'm a United fan which I suppose makes it all the more rib-tickling...

    Manchester City 1-2 Everton | Premier League match report 2010

  • I'm thinking that now that he doesn't have to be a good boy, with wifey out of the race and all, the fellow is surely gorging on sticky ribs and rib-tickling tarts of the Burkle variety.

    Bill Clinton Endorses Obama 2009

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