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laughingstock (noun)

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  • 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 — noun a victim of ridicule or pranks • Syn: ↑butt, ↑goat, ↑stooge • Derivationally related forms: ↑stooge (for: ↑stooge) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • jest — noun Etymology: Middle English geste idle tale, story in verse, from Anglo French, deed, action, narrative, from Latin gesta deeds, from neuter plural of gestus, past participle of gerere to bear, wage Date: circa 1548 1. an utterance (as a jeer… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • makegame — noun A laughingstock; the butt of a joke …   Wiktionary

  • spectacle — noun 1) a spectacle fit for a monarch Syn: display, show, pageant, parade, performance, exhibition, extravaganza, spectacular 2) they were rather an odd spectacle Syn: sight, vision, scene …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • April fool — noun 1. the butt of a prank played on April 1st • Hypernyms: ↑butt, ↑goat, ↑laughingstock, ↑stooge 2. a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April • Hypernyms: ↑practical joke …   Useful english dictionary

  • make-game — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: from the phrase make game (of) archaic : an object of ridicule : laughingstock …   Useful english dictionary

  • butt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. target, goat, laughingstock; handle. See ridicule, end. v. abut; collide, strike. See impulse, contact. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The butt end] Syn. base, tail end, bottom, hilt, extremity, tail, tip,… …   English dictionary for students

  • joke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. jest, gag, wisecrack, witticism, bon mot; fooling, kidding, joshing. v. i. josh, jest, gag. See wit. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An action intended to be funny] Syn. prank, buffoonery, game, sport, frolic …   English dictionary for students

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