ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rib-tickler

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Rib-tickler is a noun meaning (informal) An amusing joke.

Meaning

(informal) An amusing joke.

More Meanings

  1. (cricket, slang) A ball bowled short of a length that bounces up higher than expected and strikes the batter in the ribs.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gum-tickler, tickle, ribbing, ticklee, tickling, tock.

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