Definitions for laughingstock
ˈlæf ɪŋˌstɒk, ˈlɑ fɪŋ-laugh·ing·stock

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butt, goat, laughingstock, stoogenoun

   a victim of ridicule or pranks

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Laughingstocknoun

   A butt; an object of ridicule.

   Etymology: laugh and stock.

   The forlorn maiden, whom your eyes have seen
   The laughingstock of fortune’s mockerie. Edmund Spenser, Fa. Qu.

   Pray you let us not be laughingstocks to other mens humours. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   Supine credulous frailty exposes a man to be both a prey and laughingstock at once. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

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1. laughingstock

   A laughingstock is a person who is the subject of ridicule or mockery. This person may be considered foolish or ridiculous by others and as a result, they become an object of jokes and amusement.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Laughingstocknoun

   an object of ridicule; a butt of sport

Matched Categories

1. • Victim

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How to pronounce laughingstock?

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How to say laughingstock in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of laughingstock in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of laughingstock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of laughingstock in a Sentence

1. Richard Maloon:

   Anyone who believes in intelligent design is going to make us the laughingstock of the world and they'll call us the second (Scopes) Monkey Trial. So he's not on my radar.

2. Joe BidenHe:

   They got separated from their parents, and it makes us a laughingstock and violates every notion of who we are as a nation.

3. New York:

   No one takes criminal justice seriously anymore, these bad guys no longer take them seriously. They believe our criminal justice system is a laughingstock of our entire country. We have to get serious about this because innocent people are dying.

4. John Kelly:

   I don't think Mick Mulvaney's changed one little bit, of course, Mick Mulvaney is enraged because Mick Mulvaney's lost an election. Mick Mulvaney is a laughingstock now and Mick Mulvaney is striking it up. But again, someone needs to help, you know, manage Mick Mulvaney.

5. John Horany:

   He said your hometown is about to be the laughingstock of Western civilization.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=laughingstock
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=laughingstock
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laughingstock
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=laughingstock