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/laf"ing stok', lah"fing-/, n.an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.[1525-35; LAUGHING + STOCK]
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Laughingstock — Laugh ing*stock , n. An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. Shak. [1913 Webster] When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself the laughingstock of his hearers. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
laughingstock — [laf′iŋ stäk΄] n. the object of ridicule; butt … English World dictionary
Laughingstock — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Object and cause of ridicule. < N PARAG:Laughingstock >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 laughingstock laughingstock jestingstock gazingstock Sgm: N 1 butt butt game fair game Sgm: N 1 April fool April fool &c.(dupe) 547 … English dictionary for students
laughingstock — n. to make a laughingstock of smb. * * * to make a laughingstock of smb … Combinatory dictionary
laughingstock — noun their new airport has been called the laughingstock of world air travel Syn: butt, dupe, spectacle, figure of fun, stooge, fall guy … Thesaurus of popular words
laughingstock — noun Date: 1533 an object of ridicule … New Collegiate Dictionary
laughingstock — Synonyms and related words: butt, byword, byword of reproach, derision, dupe, fair game, figure of fun, fool, game, gazingstock, goat, jest, jestingstock, joke, mockery, monkey, stock, target, toy, victim … Moby Thesaurus
laughingstock — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fool, target, butt, game, fair game, April fool; mockery, monkey, buffoon, fall guy (sl.). See ridicule. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. target, butt, victim; see fool 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An… … English dictionary for students
laughingstock — n. object of ridicule, butt of a joke … English contemporary dictionary
laughingstock — n butt, fool, everybody s fool, ass, joke, fair game, Inf. goat, Brit. Si. mug; dupe, gudgeon, Brit. Dial. cull, Archaic. cully, Inf. chump, Sl. sap, Sl. schnook, Sl. schlemiel, Sl. boob; greenhorn, sitting duck, easy or soft mark, easy or soft… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
