Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in stitches

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: in- stitch-es
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

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

Example Sentences

""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."

Frequently Paired Words

stitch

Synonyms

in hysterics

Questions

What does in stitches mean?: Laughing vigorously; very amused; aching due to convulsive laughter.

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