English Explanatory Dictionary

laughing stock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.

Pronunciation

En-au-laughing stock.ogg

Word forms

laughing stock laughing stocks laughingstock laughing-stock

Etymology

From laughing + stock (“source, supply; butt, target”). Compare also whipping-stock, jesting-stock.

Synonyms

ass asshole butt clown dead horse dumbass dummy fiddle figure of fun fool gapingstock idiot jerk joke jesting-stock laughingstock laughing stock lolcow make-sport makegame misfit scoffing-stock standing joke white elephant
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