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Definition

Laughing vigorously; very amused; aching due to convulsive laughter.

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In Context

  • ""I was just dancing with old Doctor Riley, and he kept me in stitches. Half the time he had almost to carry me around, I was laughing so.""
  • "Leaving the White House after a unilateral chat with Coolidge, Actress Barrymore, in stitches from laughter, was confronted by perplexed newsmen wondering what was so funny."
  • "I took a graduate seminar in close-reading of Dylan Thomas and Joyce, and among the smart students a nun and a rabbi kept us in stitches with their endless whimsy and scholarship."
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Also Said As

  • in hysterics
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See Also

  • stitch
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