laughing stock
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laughing stock
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From laughing + stock (“source, supply; butt, target”). Compare also whipping-stock, jesting-stock.
noun laughing stocks · laughingstock · laughing-stock
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An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.
Pray you let us not be
laughing-stocks to other men's humours.
Similar: ass, asshole, butt, clown, dead horse, dumbass, dummy, fiddle, figure of fun, fool, gapingstock, idiot
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noun object of ridicule
| Español | hazmerreír |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 웃음거리 useumgeori |
| 日本語 | 笑い者 waraimono, 笑い種 waraigusa, 笑柄 shōhei |
| 中文 | 笑柄 xiàobǐng, 笑料 xiàoliào |
| Português | ludíbrio, alvo de chacota, objeto de escárnio |
| Français | risée, objet de moquerie |
| Deutsch | Lachnummer, Witzfigur, Gespött |
| Italiano | zimbello, oggetto di scherno |
| Ελληνικά | αναγέλασμα anagélasma, περίγελος perígelos, ρεζίλι rezíli, σούργελο soúrgelo |
| Русский | посме́шище posméšišče |
| العربية | أُضْحُوكَة ʔuḍḥūka, مَضْحَكَة maḍḥaka, مَسْخَرَة masḵara |
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