rip snorter

ripsnorter

An exceptionally funny joke. My dad told a ripsnorter at dinner last night that had us in stitches for hours. The stand-up comic got some good laughs throughout her whole show, but she had one ripsnorter toward the end that had the entire audience hooting and cheering.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rip snorter

n. a remarkable person or thing; a hilarious joke. (Folksy.) Old Fred is a real rip snorter.
See also: rip, snorter
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • ripsnorter
  • keep (one) in stitches
  • keep in stitches
  • have (one) in stitches
  • sense of humor
  • a whale of a
  • (one) is (just) too much
  • too much
  • You're too much!
  • shoot the lights out
References in periodicals archive
Other comic almanacs appeared up to the outbreak of the Civil War: The Rip Snorter, Whim Whams, The Merry Elephant, and The Devil's Comical Texas Oldmanick.